Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:25:16 +0000
THREE lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed that a quick bicameral (bicam) meeting on the Road Board Abolition bill was possible and that this proposal would…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 03:38:39 +0000
THE Senate majority bloc will meet in January to discuss a suggestion that the Senate and the House of Representatives reconvene the bicameral conference committee to further strengthen the abolition…READ
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 21:22:32 +0000
Zubiri said the two chambers could meet on Jan. 14, when the legislative session resumes
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:33:53 +0000
Congress’ joint session for martial law extension has added to the delay in passing next year’s P3.757 trillion national budget which a Senate leader said could no longer be done this year.
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Juan Miguel
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The Senate stands solid against any move to postpone next year’s midterm elections to give way to the amendment of the Constitution for a shift to federalism.
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Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday released the highlights of the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) or the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
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With political clans from Mindanao expected to challenge the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in the Supreme Court, the Senate must make sure that the measure complies with the 1987 Constitution, Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri said.
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Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri vowed to support and fast-track any proposed measure at the Senate that would seek to ban single-use plastics, following reports that the Philippines was one of the major sources of plastic waste dumped in the oceans.
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