Tag: Senate Committee on Local Government

NEGROS ISLAND REGION GET SENATE PANEL OK

Post author By Yna Sipelimo
Post date December 14, 2022
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The Senate Committee on Local Government recently approved the establishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR) on the committee level. “We want to bring the government closer to the people,” said Senate President Migz Zubiri, author of one of the bills filed on the NIR. The bill seeks to bring Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental […]

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SENATE APPROVES BILLS DECLARING LOCAL SPECIAL NON-WORKING HOLIDAYS – ANGARA

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date September 7, 2018
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The Senate approved on third and final reading five house bills seeking to declare special non-working holidays in several provinces to commemorate local significant events. Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government and sponsor of the proposed measures, said the holidays he was proposing were milestones that “warrant equal recognition from […]

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