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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Joel E. Zurbano

Hontiveros seeks to probe e-wallet system issues

Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros submitted a Senate resolution requesting an official investigation into unauthorized transactions, scams, and other irregularities in mobile financial...

No special treatment for VIPs, senators urge immigration

Senators urged the Bureau of Immigration to establish a processing center for chartered and private flight passengers, stating that the ‘VIPs’ and their luggage...

Imee Marcos laments Philippines’ low disaster preparedness rating 

Senator Imee Marcos expressed concern over a recent report indicating a low score in disaster response in the Philippines. Marcos referred to the Harvard Humanitarian...

Hontiveros states reasons for rejecting Natural Gas Bill

Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros warned on Thursday that Senate Bill No. 2793, or the Philippine Natural Gas Industry Development Act, could weaken...

Senate okays OVP’s P733m 2025 budget

The Senate yesterday approved without questions the proposed P733-million budget proposal of the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) proposed P733-million budget. The Senate Finance...

Extra P500-m funds to power up schools

THE Senate Committee on Finance has granted the request of Senator Sherwin Gatchalian to augment the Department of Education’s (DepEd) funds for school electrification. The...

Senator hits PhilHealth over unused P89b funds

SENATOR Joseph Victor Ejercito has scored the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.(PhilHealth) for alleged failure to provide sufficient financial relief to patients. During the Senate interpellation...

Dela Rosa contests P10 billion cut from defense budget

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa called on the Senate to reinstate the P10 billion cut made by the House of Representatives to the P50-billion budget...

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