A measure seeking to extend the validity of the additional powers granted to President Rodrigo Duterte has reached the Senate floor. | CMRamosINQ
According to Angara, the bill would also grant the President “necessary flexibility” to realign budgets from agencies towards the government’s COVID-19 response.
Of the amount, Angara said that P25 billion would be allocated for cash-for-work programs; P50 billion for the capital inclusion of the LBP, DBP and the Philippine Guarantee Corporation; P30 billion for the Department of Health on programs to prevent and control the spread of the virus, including mass testing; and P50 billion in support of repatriated overseas Filipino workers , health workers, and affected employees in tourism and “other critically-impacted” industries in both the formal and...
The proposed measure is a substitute bill consolidating separate proposals of Angara, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senator Imee Marcos.
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