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SEP
30
2019

SBN-1078: Total Electrification in Households and Public Schools Act

An Act Accelerating The Country’s Total Electrification Of Households, Providing For A Reliable And Efficient Solar Energy System To Public Schools, Allocating For The Purpose The Proceeds From The Net National Government Share From The Malampaya Natural Gas Project And For
SEP
30
2019

SBN-1079: Facilitating the Acquisition of Untitled Lands for Public Use

An Act Further Facilitating The Acquisition Of Untitled Lands For Public Use, Amending For This Purpose Sections 5 And 6 Of Republic Act No. 10752, Entitled “An Act Facilitating The Acquisition Of Right-Of-Way Site Or Location For National Government Infrastructure Projects
SEP
29
2019

2/3 cut in hospital equipment funds must be restored

Ang Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) ang gamot sa kulang at bulok na mga pasilidad sa mga pampublikong pagamutan. Sa taong kasalukuyan, ang budget ng HFEP ay P15.9 billion. Ngunit magkano ang nireseta ng DBM para sa HFEP sa 2020? P5.9 billion. Two-thirds ang kinaltas.
SEP
27
2019

‘Time to end the national bad habit of frequently scrapping brgy polls’

We have postponed the barangay elections six times since 1988. The proposed scrapping of the one scheduled in May 2020 will be the 7th. If it pushes through, it will be the 3rd under the Duterte administration, and the first three-peat of its kind in history. House and Senate
SEP
26
2019

DOH shortchanged of P28.3 B in sin tax shares

The Department of Health and PhilHealth should not be begging for funds. They should automatically be getting what is due them from the TRAIN Law. But for 2020, the two agencies’ sin tax dividends are P28.3 billion short of what Republic Act 11346 guarantees. This results in
SEP
24
2019

‘P3 M to produce 1 PMA grad, P507K for UP’

PMA cadets are “Iskolars ng Bayan” too, whose studies are shouldered by taxpayers. In fact, on a per student subsidy, they occupy the top tier in the country’s million-plus public college student population. Using the previous four years’ appropriations and reported number of
SEP
23
2019

SBN-1065: Local Build Build Build Program Act

An Act Accelerating Public Sector Investments In Local Infrastructure, Establishing For The Purpose The Local Build, Build, Build, Program, Providing Funds Therefor, And For Other Purposes This bill seeks to accelerate public infrastructure spending at the grassroots level by
SEP
22
2019

P7.4 B science scholarship budget to include 1,927 PhD, 4,264 MA students

Government will be funding the studies of 44,475 science scholars next year – including 1,927 in PhD and 4,264 in Masters programs – as part of the “national talent pool the country needs to win the future,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said. The 2020 cost of the
SEP
21
2019

Recto to DOH: Use P1.23 B ‘advertising, publication, travel’ budget to fight fake news vs. vaccines

The Department of Health (DOH) wants to spend P629 million for advertising next year, just one of its many information-related expenses in 2020 that can be tapped to fight the fake news on vaccines, which has kept many children from getting them. This was pointed out by Senate
SEP
20
2019

Due to patient surge, Recto said 5 QC specialty hospitals must get bigger budget

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today batted for an increase in the government’s budgetary subsidy to five specialty hospitals in Quezon City which draw patients from all over the country. These are Philippine Heart Center (PHC), the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP),