Deputy Speaker LRay Villafuerte has assured the Palace and the public that the House leadership under Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano will fully support the convening of a special session by Congress to pass the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, in order to continue the giving of special powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to deal […]
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House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano supported the call for a special session to pass measures granting a supplemental budget for the government to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Cayetano said the House of Representatives is ready should President Rodrigo Duterte call for an emergency session. “We are willing to have special […]
The Senate is ready to heed President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for Congress to convene a special session amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said. “If ever the President will request for a special session for the need to pass a supplemental budget to help repatriate our kababayans (countrymen) from […]