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MANILA: The House of Representatives is targeting to approve the proposed PHP6.352-trillion 2025 national budget by the end of September this year, Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Wednesday. In a statement, Romualdez said the government’s spending plan for next year would be a top priority of the House in the next session of Congress, which convenes on July 22. ‘Aside from our commitment in approving the few remaining LEDAC (Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council) priority measures, the House will again work doubly hard to pass the proposed PHP6.352 trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) before we go on break this end

MANILA: The House of Representatives is targeting to approve the proposed PHP6.352-trillion 2025 national budget by the end of September this year, Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Wednesday. In a statement, Romualdez said the government’s spending plan for next year would be a top priority of the House in the next session of Congress, which convenes on July 22. ‘Aside from our commitment in approving the few remaining LEDAC (Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council) priority measures, the House will again work doubly hard to pass the proposed PHP6.352 trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) before we go on break this end

MANILA: The House of Representatives has expressed readiness to host the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on July 22. House Secretary General Reginald Velasco made the remark after the third SONA inter-agency meeting held at Heroes Hall, Malacañan Palace on Tuesday. ‘We are ready to adjust to accommodate our partners from the Office of the President (OP) and the Senate,” Velasco said in a news release on Wednesday. Senate Secretary Renato Bantug said the “lion’s share” of the event preparations was handled by the House. Officials from the OP did an initial

MANILA: The House of Representatives has expressed readiness to host the third State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on July 22. House Secretary General Reginald Velasco made the remark after the third SONA inter-agency meeting held at Heroes Hall, Malacañan Palace on Tuesday. ‘We are ready to adjust to accommodate our partners from the Office of the President (OP) and the Senate,” Velasco said in a news release on Wednesday. Senate Secretary Renato Bantug said the “lion’s share” of the event preparations was handled by the House. Officials from the OP did an initial

MANILA: An increase in the number of volcanic earthquakes has been observed in Kanlaon Volcano, totaling 90 from 3 p.m. Tuesday to 12 noon Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Most of these quakes were 20-km. deep. Five volcano-tectonic earthquakes produced by rock fracturing, and 85 weak-low frequency earthquakes that indicate the movement of volcanic fluids were also stated in the Phivolcs advisory. “There is an average of 10 earthquakes per day since the volcano’s June 3 eruption. The increase in (seismicity) is likely due to the magma moving beneath the volcano. This movement also causes