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Group blasts Arroyo for 12 ‘dangerous’ provisions in House draft federal charter

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:14:34 +0000

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A multi-sectoral group on Tuesday warned the public of 12 “dangerous, anti-Filipino, anti-youth, anti-NGO, and anti-democracy provisions” under the House draft federal charter principally authored by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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Sotto: Senate to wait for Arroyo’s signature on Road Board abolition

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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 04:11:18 +0000

Sotto: Senate to wait for Arroyo’s signature on Road Board abolition

The Senate will now wait for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s signature before transmitting to the President the bill that seeks to abolish the Road Board.

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Suarez blasts Alvarez: You’re using Road Board issue to ‘divert attention’

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:29:38 +0000

Suarez blasts Alvarez: You're using Road Board issue to 'divert attention'

House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez has dismissed as a mere “diversion” the claims of former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that the attacks of the House against Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno were due to the control over the road user’s tax.

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Andaya: Billions in projects bid out before budget was approved

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:30:28 +0000

Andaya: Billions in projects bid out before budget was approved

House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said billions in projects for Sorsogon were bid out as early as November 2017.

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No Mindanao uprising to justify martial law extension—Drilon

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:41:48 +0000

No Mindanao uprising to justify martial law extension—Drilon

Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon has disagreed with the new proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao, stressing that military rule should only be intended to quell rebellion.

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Zarate: Justification to extend ML a ‘copy paste’ of previous requests

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:38:02 +0000

Zarate: Justification to extend ML a ‘copy paste’ of previous requests

Opposition lawmaker Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate opposed Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year.

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House to ‘take its time’ probing ‘insertions’ in 2019 budget

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:53:38 +0000

House to 'take its time' probing 'insertions' in 2019 budget

After being “rushed” to pass the 2019 national budget, the House will now “take its time” to scrutinize alleged “pork” in the budget.

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