Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:43:38 +0000
Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. has claimed that a DBM official and a former lawmaker were present when Budget Secretary Diokno allegedly tried to bribe the House of Representatives.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 08:24:51 +0000
A proposed measure that aims to expand the coverage of mandatory basic vaccination program in the country has been approved on 2nd reading.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:39:58 +0000
Malacañang has backed the decision of Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to skip the House appropriations committee hearing on the 2019 budget.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:19:45 +0000
The recommendation of a House of Representative panel to file criminal and administrative charges against former President Benigno Aquino III
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:07:03 +0000
Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. has slammed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno for not attending the House Committee on Appropriations hearing.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:52:39 +0000
The House of Representatives hs passed on second reading a bill which seeks to increase the recruitment quota for female officers in the PNP.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:50:40 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — TV host and producer Daphne Oseña-Paez said the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) should remain at 15 years old because the law still needs to be fully implemented. “I think, in keeping with what UNICEF is advocating, a restorative justice system for young people and keeping the current law at […]
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:06:15 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — House Majority Leader and Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro on Thursday said the controversial death penalty bill, the approval of which was was withdrawn by the chamber on Wednesday would be reverted for second reading approval as soon as it has been “cleansed of all death penalty references.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:42:01 +0000
The House of Representatives issued a subpoena against Budget Sec. Benjamin Diokno after failing to attend the hearings into the budget issue five times.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:02:22 +0000
European civil society groups have joined calls against the passage of a bill that seeks to hold minors as young as 12 years old.
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