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The Commission on Audit has called out the Office of the Civil Defense over unfinished quarantine facilities for COVID patients and unutilized pandemic response funds.

President Duterte has signed into law the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, which ensures funding for the country's coronavirus pandemic response and recovery efforts from the onslaught of typhoon Odette. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File photo) Duterte signed Republic Act No. 1

President Rodrigo Duterte (Screengrab from RTVM) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday signed into law the PHP5.024 trillion national budget for 2022, which will be used for the country's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic response and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette. He signed the 2022 national budget in a ceremony at the Rizal Hall in Malacanan Palace, which was witnessed by select members of the House of Representatives and Senate. Next year's PHP5.024 trillion budget is significantly higher by 11.5 percent than this year's PHP4.5 trilli...

(File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday signed into law a measure that aims to improve coordination among agencies concerned with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and OFW affairs. In a ceremony at the Rizal Hall in Malacanan Palace, Duterte signed Republic Act 11641 also known as "An Act Creating the Department of Migrant Workers". Duterte likened OFWs to the country's national hero, Jose Rizal, for being the lifeline of the Philippine economy. "The establishment of the Department of Migrant Workers happens on the celebration of Rizal Day. May we honor...

Published June 2, 2021, 10:34 PM The House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 2 formally closed the second regular session of the 18th Congress with its members fully confident that they have provided the country the legislative measures that would hasten economic recovery from the devastation of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco expressed optimism that the reforms measures enacted by the 18th Congress have “significantly contributed to securing our people’s health and welfare and to the hastening of our nation’s economic recovery.” “Wit...