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Published December 31, 2020, 11:52 AM ‘Your government is constantly finding that magic balance of easing quarantine restrictions on one hand, and opening economic activities on the other. Armed with our peoples’ discipline and vigilance, we should be able to revive enough business activities in order to stimulate income and employment’ — Senate President Vicente Sotto. On July 28, the Senate also approved the “Bayanihan to Recover as One” or Bayanihan 2, which provided P165.5 billion to sustain the country’s COVID-19 response and stimulate economic recovery. Senators also cited...

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other crises faced by the country this year, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go continues to deliver on his promise to serve Filipinos through his legislative work in the Senate, and through his initiatives to help those in need wherever they are inside and outside the Philippines.  “Ginagawa ng gobyerno ang lahat para maiahon ang ating mga kababayan mula sa hirap na ating dinaranas. Magtiwala po tayo dahil kapakanan ninyo ang inuuna namin,” Go said.  “Ako naman po, patuloy lang ang aking serbisyo sa bawat Pilipino. Wala na ako...

Published December 31, 2020, 12:00 AM Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other crises faced by the country this year, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go continues to deliver on his promise to serve Filipinos through his legislative work in the Senate, and through his initiatives to help those in need wherever they are inside and outside the Philippines.  “Ginagawa ng gobyerno ang lahat para maiahon ang ating mga kababayan mula sa hirap na ating dinaranas. Magtiwala po tayo dahil kapakanan ninyo ang inuuna namin,” Go said.  “Ako naman po, patuloy lang ang aking serbisyo sa bawat ...

Published December 11, 2020, 1:41 PM Senate Committee on Finance chairman Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said Friday that apart from ensuring the budget for the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the P4.5-trillion national budget for 2021 will also fund several new laws that have far-reaching impacts on the lives of Filipinos. Sen. Sonny Angara (Joseph Vidal/ Senate PRIB) According to Angara, Congress made sure that recently enacted laws would be funded so as not to render them irrelevant, as some of these recent laws were enacted three years ago, over the past year, awa...

Angara-- New and unfunded laws will receive funding under the 2021 GAA Apart from ensuring the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Sonny Angara said today the P4.5 trillion national budget for 2021 also provides funding for several new laws that have far-reaching impacts on the lives of Filipinos. Angara, the chairman of the Committee on Finance that went over the budget measure, said the first priority for the 2021 national budget was clearly COVID response and Congress made sure there will be sufficient funding to cover for items such as the purchase of vaccines, testing...