Senate to Lower House: Enforce 3 new economic laws before Cha-cha
Senate leaders have maintained that three new laws on the national economy should be implemented first before pushing amendments to ...
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Lower House meets Upper House
Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from left) and House Majority Leader Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe (right) flash the thumbs up sign ...
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Expectation versus reality
‘The sight and sound of competence and dedication.’ There will always be a gap between expectation and reality. The ...
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Salceda sees more structural reforms
More sweeping second wave of structural reforms may be expected in the next three years, powered and backstopped by legislations ...
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Marijuana menace
No, they are not having pot sessions in the Lower House. But for our congressmen to even consider a bill ...
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Redefining public utilities and public service
Drowned out in the endless political noise is an important piece of legislation that could change the country’s investment and ...
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The price is right
The Lower House passed House Bill 6215, the 2018 national budget bill, on second reading last week. The Appropriations Committee ...
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