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Published December 15, 2020, 3:06 PM Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday, Dec. 14, lauded members of the House of Representatives for their wholehearted cooperation in swiftly passing the bill proposing to extend the effectivity of COVID 19 appropriations under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco (Lord Allan Velasco’s Office / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Lower House registered 179 affirmative and six negative votes to pass on third and final ...

Bicam OKs report on 2021 nat’l budget; ratification expected Wednesday afternoon Published December 9, 2020 10:27am Updated December 9, 2020 12:57pm   LOOK: Bicam contigents reconvene on Wednesday morning to discuss the proposed P4.5-T budget for 2021. Both houses of Congress target to ratify the bicam report this afternoon. @gmanews   Members of the bicameral conference committee on Wednesday morning reconvened at a hotel in Makati to discuss the proposed P4.5-trillion national b...

House ratifies bicam report on 2021 budget

Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The chairperson of the House Committee on Rules hailed the House members led by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco “for working very hard” in ensuring the immediate ratification of the 2021 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which is expected to strengthen the Duterte government’s pandemic response. “We acted with dispatch according to the desire of the President to help the economy weather the ill-effects of pandemic. I...