Dateline Kamuning:     President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed today the P5.2 trillion 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA), which will fund the administration’s recovery plan next year as the country emerges from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the priority sectors under the administration’s first national budget are education, public works, health, social welfare, agriculture as well as transportation. In his speech during the ceremonial signing of the GAA in Malacanang, President Marcos said its passage is essential because it will serve as a roadmap of what the government intends to do next year.     The government, Marcos said, has listed its plans for next year and it is now slowly moving toward realizing its goals such as carrying out all the needed structural changes. The signing into law of the General Appropriations Act is important because it will provide the government with a tool to transform the economy, the chie...

  Dateline Kamuning   President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday hailed the "strong" and "enduring" ties between the Philippines and the United States amid global headwinds. Harris, who paid a courtesy call to President Marcos in Malacañang, described the Philippines-United States relationship as a "long and enduring one." "The relationship between the Philippines and the United States is a long and enduring one. It is one relationship that is strong for so many reasons. It is the longstanding relationship in terms of the people-to-people ties, as you and I have discussed," Harris told the chief executive. "The basis of our relationship is multifaceted. Our relationship is based on commitment to the economic prosperity of the region and our respective nations," she added.     Harris, the highest-ranking US official to visit Puerto Princesa City in Palawan province this week, also lauded t...