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Senator Bong Go reiterated his advocacy for strengthening the fiscal autonomy of the Judicial Branch in a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights held recently. Go emphasized its importance in upholding judicial independence and ensuring the efficient delivery of justice. As one of the authors of the proposed measures, the […]
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) may no longer be a “toothless tiger,” after Senator Robin Padilla filed a bill strengthening it with an effective and expanded structural, organizational and functional independence. Padilla’s Senate Bill 2440 also guarantees full fiscal autonomy to the CHR, “to ensure prompt, immediate, and unrestricted discharge of its functions.” “Regarded […]
Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte is calling on the incoming crop of local elective executives in 2022 to focus on crafting their respective development masterplans that would further strengthen their political and fiscal autonomy in view of the expanded roles that they would have to perform as a result of their respective governments’ increased share […]
Camarines Sur Representative LRay Villafuerte called on senators to consider a measure that aims to further increase the fiscal autonomy of the local government units (LGUs), allow them to bankroll more development projects and rev up the delivery of frontline services in their respective localities. Villafuerte told senators that, “Strengthening local autonomy by increasing the IRA prepares […]