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Mga babaeng nakunan pwede bang mag-leave with pay?
SA pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Mga Kababaihan, nagbigay ng libreng konsultasyong legal ang public service program na “CIA wita BA” at isa na nga rito ay kung maaari bang mag-leave with pay ang mga babaeng nakunan. Maraming napag-usapang batas na may kinalaman sa mga karapatan ng kababaihan. Isa sa mga natalakay sa segment na “Yes.....»»
Red carpet to be rolled out for FIVB world meet
The Philippines will leave no stone unturned for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championships 2025 – in terms of hosting the event for the first time ever and competing anew after 50 long years......»»
Philippines vows hosting readiness for men’s volleyball world championship
The Philippines assured to leave no stone unturned in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championships 2025 — in terms of hosting for the first time ever and competing anew after 50 long years......»»
eTravel pains
You know it’s a popular season for traveling when television news outlets are already reporting live from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to check if there are already hordes of passengers preparing to leave town or the country during the Holy Week break......»»
Fish catch in West Philippine Sea grows despite tensions with China
Despite rising tensions with China, the Philippines expanded its fish catch in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last year to a four-year high of over 200,000 metric tons on the back of higher state support to fishermen......»»
Dovish Powell lifts markets to historic highs
Last week, US equities reached new all-time highs, thereby lifting global stock markets. This came on the back of Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s dovish policy statement. In that speech, Powell touted considerable progress in bringing down inflation, notwithstanding the bumps in the road toward the two percent target......»»
Darren Espanto ipinakilala bilang regular host ng ‘Showtime’, absent agad
SOBRANG saya ng Kapamilya singer at actor na si Darren Espanto matapos siyang ipakilala sa madlang pipol bilang regular hist ng “It’s Showtime”. Kasabay kasi ng historic contract signing ng GMA- 7 at ABS-CBN executives upang maging pormal nang parte ng Kapuso network ang “It’s Showtime” ay inanunsyo na rin ang pagiging regular host ng.....»»
SBA out to change billiards landscape
Sharks Billiard Association (SBA), formerly known as Sharks, has announced the official launch of its inaugural season in 2024 to mark a historic moment in the world of billiards......»»
Biden to host trilateral summit with Japan, Philippines on April 11
Washington, DC [US], March 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will host a three-way summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in Washington on April 11, as announced by the White House, as reported by Kyodo News. This historic summit, the first of its kind involving the United States, Japan, and the Philippines, aims to bolster defence cooperation in response to China's asse.....»»
Approved without thinking: P26.7-B ‘mysterious ayuda’
Another last-minute insertion in the 2024 national budget has been bared. The P26.7 billion was slipped in by the bicameral conference committee. Senators and representatives then ratified the bicam report. They are all thus answerable to the people for that hanky-panky......»»
Bicam OKs 2024 national budget
Senators and congressmen comprising the bicameral conference committee of Congress approved yesterday the final version of the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, where the “legacy” budget allocations of President Marcos have been outlined......»»
House of Representatives ratifies bicam report on P3.002-T national budget for 2016
MANILA, Dec. 17 (PNA) — The House of Representatives assured there will be no reenactment of this year’s national budget by ratifying Wednesday night the bicameral conference committee report on House Bill........»»
Banggaang VP Sara vs Speaker Martin, magkakaalaman sa 2024 budget bicam committee
“Oh, hindi ko nakita… hindi ko nakita iyung nasa social media. Di ako maka-comment… wala akong nakita.” Ito ang pahayag ni Vice President Sara Duterte sa umano’y di niya pagkamay at pagtingin man lang kay House Speaker Martin Romualdez na kasama ni Pangulong BBM nang dumating mula Amerika noong Lunes ng gabi sa Villamor Air.....»»
[EDITORIAL] Bantayan ang bicam – ‘the room where it happens’
Ang bicam ang makapangyarihang pulong kung saan nama-magic at naibabalik ang mga tinanggal at nare-re-insert ang mga na-delete na.....»»
China breezes past Mongolia on women s basketball opening day at Asiad
HANGZHOU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- With all 12 players scoring, China whopped Mongolia 101-46 in its Hangzhou Asiad women's basketball Group A opener here on Wednesday evening. With a significant height advantage, China soon took control of the game as Mongolia couldn't find a way to stop the hosts' star center Han Xu from scoring in the paint. The 24-year-old New York Liberty center had 15 points and grabbed seven.....»»
OP budget breezes through House
Owing to a “parliamentary courtesy,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s P10.70 billion proposed budget for his office for 2024 swept through the House committee on appropriations on Tuesday in less than 40 minutes. Tensions flared, however, when members of the Makabayan bloc tried — but failed — to oppose the termination of the deliberations without scrutinizing the OP’s budget. “The highest form of courtesy in this country should be extended to the Filipino people, that the people have the right to know how the public funds are spent, and that should prevail at all times,” Kabataan Rep. Raoul Manuel said in his manifestation. ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro first objected to Abra Rep. Ching Bernos’ motion to terminate the hearing but later withdrew, prompting Manuel to intervene to make their manifestation first before ending the budget deliberations. “I don’t believe that it’s proper for us to terminate the deliberations without the manifestations becoming part of the records of the House. We should give the members their right and the time to pursue their objections. We can’t rush it again, Madam Chair. Again, the budget that is being discussed here is the Office of the President,” Manuel said. Presiding chairperson Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo, however, carried Bernos’ motion and terminated the hearing before allowing the members of the Makabayan bloc to raise their concerns in a two-minute manifestation. “At the point that the objection was withdrawn, then automatically the motion to terminate the budget briefing was carried,” Quimbo said. The three-member Makabayan bloc, namely, Manuel, Castro and Gabriela Partylist Rep. Arlene Brosas, mainly argued why the OP approved the P1.25-million confidential funds of Vice President Sara Duterte notwithstanding that it was excluded under the General Appropriations Act in 2022. Excessive travel expenses They also questioned the “excessive” travel expenses of the OP worth P1.15 billion and its P4.5-billion confidential and intelligence funds. “Regarding the confidential and intelligence funds, for the record, there are many of our compatriots do not agree with this, given the record high confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President. But if we compare the OP’s CIF, it is significantly larger (than the OVP),” Manuel stressed. Manuel said the confidential funds under the OP are P2.25 billion, while the intelligence funds are P2.31 billion. In total, he said, the CIF constitutes 43 percent of the OP’s proposed budget. Echoing Manuel, Castro, meanwhile, argued that instead of giving the OP a “courtesy” and “respect,” members of Congress must not allow secrecy and silence to prevail when the concerns of the Filipino people are too loud and echoing. “Why are there billions in secret funds when the urgent needs for aid, free education and medical services, affordable housing, and so on are piling up?” Castro said. The teacher solon also quizzed the OP if their P4.56 billion CIF would lower the price of rice, other food in the market, electricity, water, and basic commodities. According to Castro, the OP must not go with the CIF trend, which first ballooned during the Duterte administration, as it goes against the Constitution and deprives the Filipinos of transparency and full public disclosure. “This trend must not continue. This is against the policies of transparency and full public disclosure especially in matters related to public money, the government’s obligation to fight graft, corruption, plunder, and other hocus pocus on the public’s wealth, and other mandates of the Constitution,” she said. Black budget We believe that the refusal of the OP, as well as the OVP, to undergo public deliberations regarding their budget especially their confidential and intelligence funds is just one of the increasing reasons why instead of approving their ‘black budgets,’ they should even be abolished.” The post OP budget breezes through House appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
OVP’s P2.4 billion budget breezes through House
It was a walk in the park for Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte as the House of Representatives committee on appropriations terminated its budget deliberation on her office’s proposed P2.4-billion budget for 2024 without even asking her a single question......»»
DSWD 2024 budget breezes through House panel
The P207.3-billion proposed budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development for 2024 breezed through the deliberations of the House committee on appropriations yesterday, owing to DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian being a former congressman......»»
Cray breezes to 400 meter hurdles semis in Asian meet
Southeast Asian Games king Eric Cray breezed his way into the semifinals of the 400-meter hurdles by topping one of four qualifying heats yesterday in the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand......»»
Zubiri admits ‘honest oversight’ over disputed sections in MIF, denies tampering
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday denied the allegation of tampering with the enrolled copy of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund bill. “First of all, there is no such thing as tampering. There was never a plan to tamper. There was no sinister move to tamper, [and] there was no tampering that took place,” Zubiri told reporters at the Kapihan sa Senado. “We just want to put on record that we just reflected the true intention, let me repeat, the true intention of the provisions as reflected in the transcript of records,” he added. He continued: “The enrolled bill – which I signed in Washington D.C. – is the truthful reflection of the intent of the members of Congress. That is the intent of the majority.” Zubiri, who has returned from a three-week official trip to the United States, responded to the allegations made by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. Last week, Pimentel, a staunch critic of the measure, said the enrolled Maharlika bill has been “tampered” without proper plenary authority, stressing that it raises serious questions about the constitutionality of the bill. “The enrolled bill being sent to the President is not the version properly and formally approved by Congress. There was a provision that they fixed without plenary authority,” he said. “The revisions made were not just a matter of style. It showed a flagrant violation of our rules and the Constitution,” he added. The lawmaker is referring to the different terms and prescriptive periods found in Sections 50 and 51 of the MIF bill. In the approved version of the MIF bill, Section 50 prescribes 10 years for the prosecution of crimes and offenses, while Section 51 provides 20 years. According to Zubiri, the “erring” provision in the measure was an “honest oversight” on the part of the Senate secretariat. “Maybe because it was already morning that time, that’s the last day of work. It was an honest oversight of our secretariat,” he said. After learning the contrasting provisions in the measure, Zubiri said, Senator Mark Villar, author, and sponsor of the Maharlika bill, sent him a letter to merge the two provisions and retain the 10-year period. Based on the excerpts from the Transcript of Stenographic Notes during the Senate plenary discussion on the Maharlika bill on 31 May -- distributed by the Senate leader -- Villar refused to accept the amendment of Senator Risa Hontiveros to add a new section that would prescribe a 20-year period. Zubiri also noted that the meeting between senators and members of the House of Representatives on 31 May was “not an official bicam” or bicameral conference committee. ‘Pending on House’ The Senate chief said that the Maharlika bill is now pending in the House of Representatives for Speaker Martin Romualdez’s approval. He noted that Romualdez may sign the enrolled copy of the Maharlika bill next week. “It just came back this week. It would be signed soon. The Speaker is committed to signing it,” he said. After the approval of the Speaker of the bill, Congress would then transmit it to Malacanang for the president’s approval. The post Zubiri admits ‘honest oversight’ over disputed sections in MIF, denies tampering appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»