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Cellist Damodar das Castillo has a tough act to follow when he interprets the Dvorak cello concerto May 4 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Finnish conductor Sasha Makila.
The significant investment that the International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) is poised to inject for the development and management of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) will establish Iloilo as an international gateway, according to former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon. This move, according to Drilon, will see about…
SEN. Panfilo Lacson said Friday the non-veto of a controversial P450 billion item tucked in additional “Unprogrammed Appropriations” in the 2024 budget could set a “bad precedent,” as he aired concerns over its impact on efforts to keep the budget process transparent and accountable. Lacson said Congress could in the future add…
SENATOR Joseph Victor Ejercito is confident none of the provisions in the Congress-approved 2024 national budget will be vetoed when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs into law the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA), as expected, on Wednesday. All of the “controversial items“ like the Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) ]…
FORMER Senate President Franklin M. Drilon, who also served as Secretary of the Department of Justice in a previous administration, declared over the weekend he saw nothing illegal in the decision of Congress to increase the “unprogrammed funds” in the 2024 national budget. Last week, Senate leaders aired separate views…