While every literature states that P4.1 trillion is the national budget for 2020, in reality, it is not. The real amount is P4,316.3 trillion, P216.3 billion higher than what is commonly stated. The P216.3 billion represents the Unprogrammed Appropriations (UA). While the release

ROAD CRASHES HAVE BECOME A RAGING NATIONAL EPIDEMIC Five days ago, 40 Cagayano farmers clambered aboard a truck at the break of dawn to go to Tuguegarao to claim the corn seeds the DA was giving them for free. By nightfall, 19 of them lay dead after their rented ride plunged into

DepEd’s school-building budget for 2020 should be augmented in the light of the damage sustained by the 500 classrooms and 700 school buildings during last month’s earthquakes in Southern Mindanao. Congress cannot be impervious to a tragedy which threatens the schooling of

The Senate should conduct its own post-earthquake assessment – to find out if the Calamity Fund in this year’s budget and the one for next year is enough to help the people and places hit by the recent Southern Mindanao earthquakes. We should conduct an inventory of funds. There

An Act Creating Regional Lung Center In Each Of The Administrative Regions In The Philippines, Providing Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes This bill aims to create one Regional Lung Center in each of the administrative regions in the country.  By doing so, the

Resolution Directing The Appropriate Senate Committee To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, On The Safe Philippines Project, With The End In View Of Mitigating Potential Risks To National Security Or Public Interest Arising From Foreign-Assisted Projects Contracted By The

An Act Creating One Regional Kidney And Transplant Institute (RKTI) In Each Of The Administrative Regions In The Philippines, Providing Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes This bill aims to create one Regional Kidney and Transplant Institute (RKTI) in each of the administrative

An Act Creating One Regional Heart Center In Each Of The Administrative Regions In The Philippines, Providing Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes This bill aims to create one Regional Heart Center in each of the administrative regions in the country. Hence, the

An Act Requiring All Public Hospitals To Prepare And Implement A Hospital Site Development Plan For The Optimum Utilization Of Its Resources In Delivering Health Services The bill provides for the preparation of an effective land use and development plan that public hospitals

An Act Creating Higher Level Teaching Positions Of Public School Teachers And Providing Funds Therefor To break the glass ceiling which prevents the career progression of the truly deserving, this bill proposes to create four new teaching position levels namely, Teacher IV, V,