KATHMANDU, Nov 9: The scope of work of the committees under the House of Representatives is to oversee twenty-five ministries and their subordinate agencies. There is a rule that bars lawmakers from taking up any position in the committees if there is a conflict of interest. But this rule does not seem to have been followed.
The Senate on Wednesday, July 27 passed a resolution expressing the profound sympathy and sincere condolences of the chamber on the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Ramon ‘’Bong’’ Revilla Jr., Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa, and Joseph
The Philippines and Japan will hold another high-level meeting to discuss the status of infrastructure partnerships and how to speed them up moving forward.
THE Philippines and Japan are set to hold a high-level virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the accomplishments on the big-ticket infrastructure projects under President Duterte’s Build, Build, Build program as well as updates on the financing extended by Japan for the country’s Covid-19 response programs. Chairing the meeting for…
MANILA - The Philippines and Japan will hold their 12th high-level meeting on infrastructure development and economic cooperation on February 16 via teleconferencing, focusing on the accomplishments on the latter's supported big-ticket projects under President Rodrigo Duterte's signature program "Build, Build, Build." The meeting of the Philippines-Japan High Level Joint Committee on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation will center on the substantive feat made by the body on projects which include, among others, the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP), North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project, rehabilitation of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), Dalton Pass East Alignment Road, Central Mindanao Highway, and the Paranaque Spillway. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III will chair the Philippine side, while Mori Masafumi, the Special Advisor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, will lead the Japanese delegation in the meeting. In this week'