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House sends 2022 budget to Senate, spending plan on track for year-end enactment

The proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 is on track to enactment before year-end, following early transmittal by the House of Representatives of the spending plan to the Senate last Monday, Oct. 25.

DBCC Joint Statement on the Grant of Fuel Subsidies for Affected PUV Drivers

Members of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on Monday (October 25) released a statement “in support of our transportation sector, amidst the increasing oil prices”. The government shall release P1.0 billion...

Statement of National Security Adviser and Director-General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on PRRD visit to Region IV-A

Statement of National Security Adviser and Director-General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on PRRD visit to Region IV-A President Rodrigo Duterte, who is also Chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist...

CHR Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Month and 24th IPRA commemoration

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) joins the entire Filipino nation in commemoration of the National Indigenous Peoples Month and the 24th year anniversary of the signing of the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA).

Noli de Castro withdraws Senate bid; Chavez resigns as Isko’s chief of staff

MANILA – Former Vice President and broadcast journalist Noli de Castro has withdrawn his bid for a Senate seat in next year's elections, saying he has had a change of plans.

LIST: Individuals seeking to join vice presidential race

As of the last day of filing for certificate of candidacy (COC) with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a total of 29 individuals have submitted their COC for the position of vice president.

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