CONTROVERSIES over certain budget “insertions” that have stoked the word war between two chambers of Congress could have been avoided if the rules governing the conduct of bicameral conference committees (BCCs) had been followed, the former chair of the Senate Accounts committee said. In a freewheeling TV interview, former senator…
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PROMOTION SYSTEM. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. poses for a photo opportunity with newly sworn in Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) generals and flag officers at Malacanan Palace on Tuesday (Feb. 7, 2023). Marcos said he wants to "rationalize" the AFP promotion system. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the President) MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said he wants to "rationalize" the promotion system in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He made this remark after administering the oath of office to 77 newly appointed and promoted AFP generals and flag officers at Malacanan Palace on Monday. This is the first time that happened since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country in 2020. "'Yung promotion, SOP [standard operating procedure] na 'yan (Promotion is already SOP). That's why we did what we did earlier to normalize and I used the word rationalize 'yung promotions system na ginawa sa AFP (the promotions system
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MAXIMUM TOLERANCE. A fire truck is seen parked in the vicinity of the Capitol in Negros Oriental on Wednesday (June 29, 2022) as part of a security plan to ensure a smooth transition of government on Thursday. This came amid a "power struggle" as to who should sit as the next governor of Negros Oriental. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano has ordered the regional office to ensure peace and order at the provincial Capitol on June 30 as newly elected and re-elected officials will assume their posts. The directive came as two gubernatorial candidates in the May 9 polls are locked in a "power struggle" as to who will be installed as the new provincial chief executive on Thursday. DILG-7 Regional Director Leocadio Trovela, in an interview with the Philippine News Agency, said Ano gave specific instructions on how to deal with the current dispute. "The guidance of Secretary Ano