Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:10:00 +0000
With barely a week before the opening of the 18th Congress, the battle for the House speakership is far from over despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s endorsement of Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, the Makabayan bloc said on Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 21:34:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The impending passage of the so-called “murang kuryente” bill, which seeks to use the P207-billion Malampaya Fund to pay off the debts of National Power Corp (Napocor), will only benefit big corporations, and will not ease the sufferings of consumers from the high cost of electricity, party list group Bayan Muna warned on Saturday.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 21:12:36 +0000
The government should focus on defending Philippine sovereignty rather than worry about “superficial” matters like changing the country’s name to “Maharlika,”
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:22:39 +0000
Militant lawmakers on Wednesday warned of an “oil price explosion” brought by the second tranche of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act, or TRAIN 2.
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It’s TRAIN, not Trump.
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The order of the Office of the Ombudsman to suspend again the four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for neglect of duty bolsters the earlier findings of a House probe that “ERC commissioners are colluding with Meralco to the detriment of consumers,” Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said in a statement issued on Monday.
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