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// 18th Congress
FEB
01
2021

High food prices: A salad of ‘funding El Nino’, WPS blockade, tong, etc.

The DA budget is like a dam of water, filled with taxes people pay. But instead of a mighty river that rolls like justice, what records show is a drip-drip of releases, of slow obligation and low absorption. Third quarter 2020 ito ang resibo: Sa P60.7 bilyon na natanggap nila,
JAN
31
2021

Use vaccine wait to stockpile syringes, freezers because ‘we mustn’t wait for the horse to build the cart’

While the government’s global hunt for COVID vaccines has not yet led to deliveries to the hardest-hit country in the Western Pacific, it should, in the meantime, stock up on vaccination supplies such as syringes, which are available in the market. The call was made by Senate
JAN
26
2021

PSR-624: Congratulating and Commending the Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines Awardees for 2020

Resolution Congratulating And Commending The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Of The Philippines Awardees For 2020 Download PDF
JAN
20
2021

PSR-617: Urging the National Government to Allow the Local Government Units and the Private Sector the Procurement of COVID-19 Vaccines

Resolution Urging The National Government To Allow The Local Government Units And The Private Sector The Procurement Of Covid-19 Vaccines For Use Of Their Constituents And Employees Including Their Dependents Upon Issuance Of Emergency Use Authorization By The Food And Drug
JAN
19
2021

If health frontliners will get first jabs, pick vaccine that is “best body armor for those in the line of fire”

The first vaccines to arrive in the country must possess higher efficacy and effectivity rates as these will be given to medical frontliners, “and hence serve as body armor to those in the line of fire,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. “Regardless of the
JAN
19
2021

Emergency response system for possible vaccine side effects more vital than proposed indemnification fund–Recto

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today welcomed the proposal to set up an indemnification fund for Filipinos who may be harmed by COVID-19 vaccines, but stressed that “the focus should be on strengthening emergency response to the very, very few who may suffer side
DEC
29
2020

RA 11520: Extending the Availability of the 2020 GAA to Dec. 31, 2021

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressSecond Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand twenty. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11520] AN ACT EXTENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2020
DEC
23
2020

RA 11511: Amending the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressThird Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand twenty-one. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11511] AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10068 OR THE
DEC
23
2020

RA 11510: Alternative Learning System Act

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressThird Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand twenty-one. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11510] AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING
DEC
23
2020

RA 11517: Authorizing the President to Expedite the Processing and Issuance of National and Local Permits, Licenses and Certifications in Times of National Emergency

Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaEighteenth CongressSecond Regular Session Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand twenty. [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11517] AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE