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By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published July 23, 2021 9:36am Speaker Lord Allan Velasco expressed confidence Friday that the remaining priority bills of the Duterte administration would be passed into law before the year ends. In a statement, Velasco said the five priority bills, earlier identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), include the proposed Philippine Virology Institute Act, Center for Disease Control Act, Amendments to the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016, Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act, and National Housing Developm...

Published March 2, 2021, 4:57 PM The Duterte administration expects Congress to pass its 12 top priority measures by June this year to enable the country bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Executive Committee (ExCom) listed 30 measures in the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) for the 18th Congress, of which five have already been passed by the legislature. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN file photo) Acting Socioec...

March 3, 2021 | 12:33 am Font Size PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS THE government is pushing for the passage of 25 priority measures before the end of the year, including new taxes on digital platforms and offshore gaming operators, further liberalization of the retail trade sector and the last two remaining tax reform packages. The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Executive Committee approved the common legislative agenda for the 18 th Congress during a meeting on Feb. 18, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). “These bills a...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 3) – The last two packages of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) and a measure that will aid pandemic-stricken small businesses are among the top legislative agenda of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) this year. LEDAC determines and recommends to the President the top socio-economic development goals affecting national development. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and LEDAC Secretariat Head Karl Kendrick Chua said these pending bills in Congress are important for the country's economic recovery ami...

(Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a list released by Senate President Vicente Sotto III Monday, the establishment of a department for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is second in the Upper Chamber’s priorities after the proposed National Land Use Act. Earlier, senators decided to defer discussions on the proposed OFW department and other new agencies to address first the government’s bloated bureaucracy. President Duterte recently certified it as an urgent measure.  But Sotto later said he is already inclined to vote for the creation of OFW department since ...