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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 14) — Senator Sonny Angara said he is open to reviewing the three-year term limit for local officials as the House of Representatives eyes reviving charter change talks next year.
The Senate on Monday, December 11, 2023, ratified the harmonized version of the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which contains the proposed P5.768 trillion budget for next year.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 11) — The two chambers of Congress on Monday approved and ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the proposed ₱5.768 trillion national budget for next year.
MANILA, Philippines — Niratipikahan na ng Senado at Kamara ang Bicameral Conference committee report tungkol sa panukalang P5.768-T 2024 National budget.
It might have been a scene straight out of the gripping HBO series Succession because it was about the retirement of a media empire’s big boss and the announcement of his successor. But the comparison ended there; there was neither a cunning plot to steal the throne or a dark denouement as what happened to the Roy family in the television series.
Mr President, just a few points I'd like to raise. I fully support our Chairperson [Senator Sonny Angara] in the difficult decisions he had to make. So I'll just throw in my greetings for the Chairman's hard work. I know very well that he defended to the best of his ability, until the last minute, some amendments that we would have wanted, especially in the education sector, along with our Chairman of the Committee on Basic Education. This really would be the budget that we would have wanted to be included to support our goal of improving the education system, Mr. President. I won't go into details, but I know for a fact that our Chairman worked really hard to try to secure that budget.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate is set to ratify today the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, according to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri.
State Universities and Colleges will be required to provide a master development plan following the approval of a Senate bill seeking to amend Republic Act No. 11396 or the SUC Land Use Development and Infrastructure Plan (LUDIP) Act.