Emergency power bill’s passage pushed

Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday remains hopeful that the emergency power bill in support of the Build, Build, Build program of the government would be passed, despite the proposal not being included in Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte .

“I was hoping that the President would mention the need for emergency powers during his SONA,” Poe said in a radio interview, adding that she is backing Duterte’s goal to decongest traffic in Metro Manila and speed up implementation of road projects.