The House Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization on Thursday approved a proposal seeking to authorize President Rodrigo Duterte to defer the scheduled hike in Social Security System (SSS) contribution rates this year. The panel, chaired by Parañaque City Rep. Eric Olivarez, approved the unnumbered substitute bill consolidating […]
Premium hike suspension would provide relief amid the hard times brought about by the coronavirus disease pandemic January 21, 2021 The House Committee on Health on Thursday approved a proposal granting President Rodrigo Duterte the authority to suspend the scheduled increases in the contribution rates of the Philippine […]
Proposed amendments already fully discussed in the 16th and 17th Congress House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Friday called for the early approval by the Constitutional Amendments Committee of the proposed amendments to the economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution .Rodriguez said these proposed amendments were […]
Senate President Tito Sotto said President Duterte believes some members of the Congress, particularly those belonging to the militant Makabayan Bloc, are sympathizers and are connected with the CPP-NPA. Duterte wanted the local communist insurgency led by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) solved. The […]
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco presides over a caucus of leaders of political parties and blocs in the House of Representatives where they agreed to back his proposal to amend “restrictive” economic provisions in the Constitution. Political leaders for economic amendments January 12, 2021 Leaders from various political […]
By ROGER M. BALANZA Allies of President Rodrigo Duterte under the super-majority coalition in the House of Representatives are split over the proposal to amend the 1987 Constitution. Wrong timing, said former House Speaker Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, secretary general of the Nacionalista Party. The House leadership, led […]
