The annual budget program, which is the single most important piece of legislation Congress scrutinizes and approves every year, has become a tool in aid of reelection, cunningly touted as pro-poor.
Ang anti-dynasty provision ay nasa Bangsamoro law at isang resolusyon ng Comelec. Ang Comelec maging ang transitional Bangsamoro Parliament ay parehong hindi itinuturing na bahagi ng Kongreso.
The anti-dynasty provision is contained in a Bangsamoro law and a Comelec resolution. Neither the Comelec nor the transitional Bangsamoro Parliament are considered part of Congress
While the House is justified in scrutinizing the OVP budget, it should have exercised the same fine-tooth comb in approving the OP budget, including its P4.56 billion confidential and intelligence funds.
Congress should act swiftly on a bill that will ease the registration of births, marriages and deaths of Filipinos and penalize those who take advantage of the system's weaknesses.
Mali ang pahayag ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi siya naging bastos at wala siyang naalalang opisyal ng gobyerno na napuna niya ng “malala” sa kanyang programang “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa" sa SMNI.
The deceptions in shortcutting the Cha-cha process should unmask the politicians’ self-serving agenda to extend their term and change the form of government to allow them to stay on.
During a committee hearing on the OVP's budget on Sept. 6, Angara uttered: "Does Congress still have the power of the purse? I'm not so sure. Anyway, that's a separate debate."
Apart from the budget bill, 37 other measures on LEDAC's priority agenda are still pending in various stages of the legislative process, and the president is expected to identify more in his SONA today.
Sa pagmamadaling ipasá ang panukala sa vape, binaliktad ng ika-18 Kongreso ang sarili nito nang walang paggalang sa lehislatibong tradisyon o sa nag-iisang kasamahang mariing tumututol.
