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Drilon hits Housing chief for allegedly being unprepared to discuss 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 08:02 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday reprimanded Housing Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario for allegedly coming to a Senate budget hearing unprepared to answer queries from lawmakers. Read more »

DBM yet to release P34B to agriculture, tourism sectors under Bayanihan 2: senators

Katrina Domingo and Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 20 12:36 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has yet to release some P34 billion allocated for the tourism and agriculture sectors under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act about 2 months before the COVID-19 aid fund expires, several senators said Monday. Read more »

'Bantayan, suportahan ang employers kung magbibigay ng 13th month pay'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 10:35 PM

Dapat daw bantayan kung masusunod ang bigayan ng 13th month pay; dapat namang tulungan ang mga nahihirapang negosyante.  Read more »

Drilon flags P345.25-B lump sum in proposed 2021 DPWH budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 14 08:19 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Wednesday flagged some P345-billion in lumpsum lodged in the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) proposed 2021 budget, saying it is "most unusual" for this much to remain unitemized in a funding request. Read more »

Bill hiking teachers' allowance to P5,000 in 2021 hurdles Senate second reading

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 05:04 PM

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved on second reading a bill that will increase teachers' allowance for school supplies to P5,000 starting next year. Read more »

'We don't need you': Villar tells DENR to scrap budget for Las Piñas-Zapote river clean-up

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 05:41 PM

Sen. Cynthia Villar on Friday told the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) not to allot funding for the clean-up of the Las Piñas-Zapote river, saying she has already shouldered the clearing of the waterway for nearly a decade. Read more »

New Optical Media Board chief grilled over agency's functions, confidential funds

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 12:35 AM

MANILA - Just marking his second day in office as Optical Media Board chairman, former Malolos city mayor Christian Natividad experienced Friday how to be peppered with difficult questions, courtesy of Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon. Read more »

Drilon urges DILG to delegate some tasks to local gov't units

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:31 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday said the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) should transfer some of its mandate to local government units as the country is expected to face a "serious fiscal problem" in the coming years. Read more »

Senators cite 'temptation to recycle' seized drugs stored at PDEA

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 07:34 PM

Two senators on Tuesday said the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency's (PDEA) failure to destroy tons of illegal drugs within 24 hours after these were confiscated in anti-narcotics operations may create a "temptation to recycle" these high-value contraband. Read more »

Streamlining, automation of gov't processes will solve red tape: ARTA

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 02:56 PM

Streamlining and automating bureaucratic processes will solve red tape, the government body tasked to address the issue said Tuesday. Read more »

Senate leaders bat for Presidential power to waive biz permit requirements during national emergencies

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:58 PM

Senate leaders have filed a bill seeking to allow the President to suspend the "the requirements for the issuance of national and local permits, licenses and certificates," during national emergencies to ensure fast transactions during calamities. Read more »

POGOs 'canceling' lease contracts in PH due to China's clampdown: Finance chief

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 01:37 PM

Several Chinese workers from the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) industry have "started abandoning" their leased properties in the capital due to a clampdown in China, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Wednesday. Read more »

Ombudsman urged to provide proposals to strengthen anti-graft law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 23 11:28 AM

Sen. Franklin Drilon said Wednesday he would like specific proposals from the Ombudsman in strengthening the country's anti-graft law after the latter limited public access to government officials' declaration of wealth. Read more »

Senate begins plenary debate on bill adding labor education in college subjects

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 08:12 PM

MANILA - The Senate on Tuesday began plenary discussions on a bill that would incorporate labor education in existing subjects in colleges and universities to help Filipino students understand their rights and responsibilities as workers. Read more »

Drilon bats for Bureau of Immigration overhaul after arrest of 'pastillas' scheme investigator

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 02:53 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged a Senate panel to recommend a "reorganization" of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) after an investigator tasked to look into a bribery scheme in the agency was arrested for conniving with officials tagged in the case. Read more »

Senate leaders say 'ugly squabble' in House may delay passage of 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 06:16 PM

Senate Leaders on Monday said the "ugly squabble" in the House of Representatives may hinder the passage of the P4.5-trillion 2021 budget, reminiscent of how last year's spending bill was delayed after lawmakers bickered over allocations for their respective districts. Read more »

Several senators move to ban foreign students in state-run med schools

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 04:38 PM

Several senators on Monday moved to prohibit foreign student from enrolling in medical courses in state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country, saying these should be made exclusive for Filipino students. Read more »

Drilon flags lump sum public funds that may be ‘open to corruption'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 01:06 PM

Some infrastructure and anti-insurgency funds for 2021 are “open to corruption” and might be used to boost the election war chest of politicians in the succeeding year, a senator said Monday.  Read more »

Senators want PGH extension built in UP Los Baños instead of Diliman

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 12:47 PM

Several senators on Monday urged the University of the Philippines (UP) to reconsider its plan to build a hospital in its Diliman campus, saying the medical facility should be located in Los Baños instead. Read more »

Planong AI program ng AMLC, di muna itutuloy dulot sa budget cuts

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 10:45 PM

Hindi muna matutuloy ang planong artificial intelligence program ng Anti-Money Laundering Council dahil sa mga budget cut sa nasabing ahensiya. Read more »