Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 05:26:37 +0000
Senator-elect Imee Marcos relied on cash contributions to fund her campaign during the 2019 midterm elections, according to her SOCE.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 09:10:47 +0000
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—The head of the minority bloc at the Senate insisted that all senators are covered by an unwritten rule that incumbents should retain leadership of their committees amid attempts by two incoming senators to elbow out two colleagues belonging to the opposition from the committees that they head.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:15:13 +0000
As senators vie for committee chairmanships in the incoming 18th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said neophyte Sen. Francis Tolentino would get the Committee on Local Government, while fellow neophyte Sen. Imee Marcos was seeking “different committees.”
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 21:30:24 +0000
Some veteran senators were shocked by the seeming audacity of several of their neophyte colleagues to push their agenda
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:49:08 +0000
Senator-elect Francis Tolentino broke his silence on Saturday on the issue of the Senate leadership, saying he would abide by the decision of his party, the ruling PDP-Laban.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:32:24 +0000
Senator-elect Francis Tolentino is allegedly urging Sen. Cynthia Villar to challenge the leadership of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 07:44:34 +0000
Senator Nancy Binay gave her vote of confidence to Senate President Vicente Sotto III amid murmurs over a change in the Senate leadership.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 04:03:37 +0000
Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is the “strongest” candidate for the 2022 presidential elections–Imee Marcos.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 01:39:22 +0000
Neophyte Senator Imee Marcos said she was interested in the chairmanships of two committees, but not the Senate committee on ways and means.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 21:38:05 +0000
Senators are banding together against plans by certain senators-elect to bump off the current chairs of key committees
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