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// October 14, 2020
OCT
14
2020

Affordable price tag of P10K teaching supplies allowance makes it “veto-proof”

The Senate-approved bill mandating a gradual tripling to P10,000 of the annual Teaching Supplies Allowance (TSA) is “fiscally-responsible, which makes it veto-proof by the President,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, principal author, said today. “Any contention that
OCT
14
2020

DTI agency’s failure to buy P9 B worth of critical equipment harms frontliners’ capability

President Duterte’s promises of new equipment for “his beloved uniformed services” are being betrayed by the Philippine International Trading Corporation’s (PITC) “failure to deliver them on time or deliver them at all.” The intent of another branch of government – Congress –