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Deputy Speaker Marlyn Alonte said the House of Representatives would ensure the availability of funds for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and funding of the health care system amid the global pandemic. Alonte said this would be one of her priorities for the third regular session as she aims to help iron out any problems hampering […]
National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Edgardo Masongsong on Thursday (May 13) refuted the allegations leveled by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) as “baseless and malicious.” Masongsong has assured that contrary to the statement made by PACC Chairman Greco Belgica, no public funds were used to finance the campaign of the PHILRECA party-list during the 2019 […]
A House leader called for the reallocation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) funds to subsidy programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), saying in a resolution he filed on Friday that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]
With at least P20 billion in funds, the government should roll out a more aggressive testing and contact tracing program for the coronavirus to locate as many carriers of the infection and curb its spread, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Pangilinan made the call as public and private hospitals in Metro Manila and nearby provinces are […]
Senator Nancy Binay urged the Department of Health (DOH) to fast track the full implementation of the National Integrated Cancer Control Act (NICCA). “More than a year has passed since napirmahan yung Implementing Rules and Regulations ng NICCA pero hanggang ngayon parang hindi pa rin ramdam ng mga cancer patients ang tulong na ipinangako ng […]
House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. is urging the government to properly monitor the use of funds Congress has allocated for the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, as he stressed that monitoring, and the passage of a freedom of information (FOI) measure, will help prevent the misuse and abuse of these funds. Speaking to reporters […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created “integrity circles,” dubbed as “Agriculture Dialogue and Information Network Groups” (ADING) to ensure efficient, effective, and graft-free use of limited public funds. “This is our response to the call of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to provide transparency and integrity in all government interventions,” DA Secretary William Dar said […]
If the government needs more funds for programs to help the country deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, selling government assets is preferable to new taxes. This according to House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr., who in a media interview said he would oppose any proposal for new taxes when Congress resumes its sessions “If we […]
Senator Cynthia Villar said the amendment she is proposing in the 2020 budget of the National Food Authority (NFA) will mean a bigger budget for the program providing assistance to small farmers. Villar, chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Food and sponsor of the proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture, said a bigger […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, in scrutinizing the proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA), made sure funding will go to projects, research and application that will help Filipino farmers and fisherfolks. During the second hearing of the finance subcommittee on the P71.8 billion proposed budget of DA for year 2020, Villar reminded DA officials headed […]