CHARTER change won’t happen for as long as the Senate was opposed to it, a leader at the House of Representatives said on Monday. “If the Senators are not willing [to do it]; then there is really no time for Charter Change. Not even five or 10 years from now. That is why I am calling […]
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Read moreFAMILY, friends and fans of the late Fernando Poe Jr. flocked on Monday morning to the Manila North Cemetery to commemorate what could have been “the King” of Filipino cinema’s 79thbirth anniversary. Seasoned actress Susan Roces, Poe’s widow, and daughter Senator Grace Poe, offered Mass while fans, some of who came from the provinces, offered flowers. For […]
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Read moreNATIONAL Anti-Poverty Commission Chief Liza Maza announced her resignation from the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday. “Upon deeper reflection on the events of the past few weeks, as well as the direction in which this administration appears to be heading, I am announcing that I have tendered this morning my irrevocable resignation as Secretary […]
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Read moreFORMER Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., expressed his gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte for having faith in his abilities and seeing him as one of the better qualified leaders to succeed him. Marcos, who has a pending election protest against Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, however, said that he would rather see the President […]
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Read moreTHE camp of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to stop the High Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), from using ballot images in the poll recount, saying that questioning it was useless. In an urgent counter manifestation with […]
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Read moreTHE House of Representatives will move for an obligations-based P3.7-trillion budget in 2019 from the cash-based appropriation, which the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had recommended, “to reflect the realities of governance,” a House leader said on Friday. “We will revert to an obligations-based budget. This is not just what Congress wants. Members of […]
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Read moreDEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana joined the growing number of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet secretaries who expressed reservations about the Philippines shift to a federal form of government, saying that the country was “not ready.” “We are not yet ready because we need maybe more education to the people for them to understand what [federalism]is for,” […]
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Read moreTHE Charter change (cha-cha) proposal in the Senate is on “life support system” since there is a bipartisan consensus not to rush its approval, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said on Thursday. Pangilinan was responding to a query on whether the Charter change process in the Senate was trustworthy. “Kung tatanungin n’yo ano ang [status]Cha-cha sa Senado, […]
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Read moreTHE House of Representatives rejected the proposed P3.7 trillion budget for 2019, which introduces a system requiring government agencies to spend all of its obligated funding within the year or lose it. Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. of Camarines Sur made the announcement during a hastily called caucus on Wednesday as lawmakers raised concerns that […]
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Read moreTHE Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday junked the plea of opposition senators to allow colleague Leila De Lima to appear before the high court and be heard on the petition they filed jointly for the nullification of the Philippine’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). De Lima is detained at the Philippine National […]
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