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Published March 2, 2021, 4:57 PM The Duterte administration expects Congress to pass its 12 top priority measures by June this year to enable the country bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Executive Committee (ExCom) listed 30 measures in the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) for the 18th Congress, of which five have already been passed by the legislature. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN file photo) Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and LEDAC Secretariat Head Karl Kendrick T. Chua said 12 measures were identified as top priorities to be passed by the end of the second regular session in June 2021, while the remaining 13 are targeted to be passed within this year. ....
March 3, 2021 | 12:33 am Font Size PHILIPPINE STAR/MICHAEL VARCAS THE government is pushing for the passage of 25 priority measures before the end of the year, including new taxes on digital platforms and offshore gaming operators, further liberalization of the retail trade sector and the last two remaining tax reform packages. The Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Executive Committee approved the common legislative agenda for the 18 th Congress during a meeting on Feb. 18, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). “These bills are crucial in ensuring the country’s economic recovery and in regaining our development trajectory that was held back by the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue working with Congress to move the legislative agenda forward and enact these priority legislations within 2021,” Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and LEDAC Secretariat Head Karl Kendrick T. Chua said ....
endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 3) – The last two packages of the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) and a measure that will aid pandemic-stricken small businesses are among the top legislative agenda of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) this year. LEDAC determines and recommends to the President the top socio-economic development goals affecting national development. Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and LEDAC Secretariat Head Karl Kendrick Chua said these pending bills in Congress are important for the country s economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. These bills are crucial in ensuring the country s economic recovery and in regaining our development trajectory that was held back by the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue working with Congress to move the legislative agenda forward and enact these priority legislations within 2021, said Chua. ....
Ohio bill could take death penalty off the table for prosecutors As Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters announced a potential death penalty case Tuesday morning, Ohio lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are working to take that legal option off the table. and last updated 2021-02-24 23:21:07-05 Itâs an effort that began long before Wednesday s announcement, and one a Republican from Loveland is now leading. âWe donât have any ability to really humanely execute these people,â said Ohio State Rep. Jean Schmidt. Once a strong proponent of the death penalty, Schmidt now believes its an immoral and impractical option even in extreme cases. She also said she recognizes the pain victims and their families face. ....
Donald Trump Executioners May Have Misled Courts, Sparking Calls for Investigation On 2/23/21 at 4:22 AM EST Conflicting accounts of the federal executions that took place in the final months of Donald Trump s presidency have prompted calls for an investigation into whether executioners deliberately misled the courts. According to the Associated Press, executioners likened the deaths by lethal injection to falling asleep in sworn accounts they called gurneys beds and referred to final breaths as snores. The sanitized accounts of the executions at the U.S Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, differed drastically from the reports provided by AP and other eyewitnesses, who described how the stomachs of inmates rolled, shook and shuddered as the pentobarbital injections took effect, according to AP. ....