Congress resumes session today
AFTER a two week break, Congress is set to resume its session Monday with both chambers outlining their legislative priorities ...
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‘Budget for change’ approved
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday passed on third and final reading the proposed P3.35-trillion national budget for 2017. It ...
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Congress takes up ’17 budget, tax reforms
THE House of Representatives on Monday began its plenary debates on the P3.35-trillion national budget for 2017 that Malacañang says ...
Read morePimentel, Alvarez hold talks on constituent assembly
Senate President Koko Pimentel and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez met on Tuesday morning in a hotel in Mandaluyong City to ...
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