Binay to OSG: Review all gov’t contracts after passport data breach

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:10:38 +0000

Senator Nancy Binay urged the OSG on Monday to review the contracts of government data management providers following the passport data breach.

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Guevarra, Calida teaming up vs Trillanes

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 21:33:32 +0000

After losing in a Makati court, the Duterte administration will now bring its case to revive opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s coup d’etat case for the 2003 Oakwood mutiny at the Court of Appeals (CA).

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Unlike House, Senate wants PCGG to stay

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:20:03 +0000

In a departure from the House of Representatives’ measure, the Senate has passed a bill strengthening the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) but without the controversial provision abolishing the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG).

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SC must settle this legal controversy

DURING the Marcos administration, the president issued Presidential Decree (PD) No. 478 defining the Powers and Functions of the Office of the Solicitor General, authorizing the OSG to receive allowances and honoraria for the legal services they render to client agencies. In the absence of a Congress during the martial law years, President Marcos’ PDs served as the law of the land.

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