Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council meeting. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo greets Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. (right) before the start of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) and National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) meeting Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in Malacañang’s Heroes’ Hall. At center is House Speaker Prospero Nograles. (Sherwin R. Pineda)
List of 17 priority bills approved
Congress leaders yesterday approved a list of 17 priority measures led by the proposed income tax exemption for minimum wage earners, at a meeting with President Arroyo in Malacañang.
The United States Senate has scheduled for floor debate the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill that seeks to amend the Rescission Act of 1946 that is discriminatory to Filipino war veterans who fought side-by-side with American soldiers in World War II.
Zambales Rep. Antonio Magsaysay Diaz said Speaker Prospero Nograles had authorized the sending of a lobby group of congressmen to help in the efforts to seek approval by the US Senate of the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill.
Diaz, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, said their group...
Brace for hot and humid days ahead – PAGASA
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) yesterday warned that the hot and humid days of summer will turn even more hotter in the coming days.
Meralco generation charge higher by P0.67/kWh in April
The various rate components billed by Manila Electric Company (Meralco) this April went up by average P0.67 per kilowatt hour (kWh), primarily for the generation, transmission and system loss charges.
Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.
