Senators rebuke American lawmakers: Philippines no longer US colony

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:20:54 +0000

Saying the country is no longer a United States colony, three Philippine senators have filed a resolution

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Leni says a VP must be ‘ready’ as Rody waxes ‘revolutionary’

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:24:42 +0000

Leni says a VP must be ‘ready’ as Rody waxes ‘revolutionary’

Should President Duterte declare a revolutionary government, he would be relinquishing the presidency which, Vice President Leni Robredo said, she was ready to take over.

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Duterte to China: We’re pals but don’t touch Pag-asa

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:04:30 +0000

Duterte to China: We’re pals but don’t touch Pag-asa

President Duterte has told China not to “touch” Pag-asa Island, the largest in the Kalayaan Island Group occupied by Filipinos, otherwise he would send Philippine troops on a “suicide mission” in response.

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Lacson’s unsolicited advice to Carpio: Be paranoid of Chinese surveillance

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:40:47 +0000

Lacson’s unsolicited advice to Carpio: Be paranoid of Chinese surveillance

This was the unsolicited advice given by Sen. Panfilo Lacson to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio

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Lacson says his proposal to retain lump sum in budget ‘favorably’ endorsed by gov’t execs 

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 05:28:58 +0000

Lacson says his proposal to retain lump sum in budget 'favorably' endorsed by gov't execs 

The proposal to retain the lump sum appropriations in the proposed P3.8-trillion 2019 budget was “favorably” endorsed by the Executive department, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday.

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Gov’t to use reenacted budget if House insists on amendments, warns Lacson

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 07:03:17 +0000

Gov't to use reenacted budget if House insists on amendments, warns Lacson

The government will have no choice but to use the reenacted budget until August if the House of Representatives insists to push its amendments on the 2019 General Appropriations Act.

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Arroyo denies ‘manipulations,’ P25M realignment in ratified 2019 budget — Palace

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:08:36 +0000

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo denied Tuesday the latest claim of Sen. Panfilo Lacson that the House of Representatives led by her was manipulating the 2019 budget even after it was ratified.

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