In time for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, the Makabayan bloc is pushing for the approval of House Bill 5753, which will grant free or discounted funeral services to indigent and extremely poor families.
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Under the Makabayan bloc’s proposal, regional wages would be scrapped in favor of a national minimum wage “necessary for raising a family and maintaining its decent existence.”
CHR requested a budget of P1.646 billion to fund its programs next year. But the Department of Budget and Management only allotted P846.38 billion under the National Expenditure Program submitted to Congress.