Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 13:59:31 +0000
The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to boost the powers and functions of Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 04:38:49 +0000
A bill, granting a 25-year legislative franchise to Solar Para sa Bayan (SPSB) owned by Senator Loren Legarda’s son, has hurdled the second reading in the Senate.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 01:58:55 +0000
Senate President Tito Sotto III slammed the “fools” who believed Peter Joemel Advincula when he first surfaced and claimed to be “Bikoy.”
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 00:50:31 +0000
Outgoing Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano said he and outgoing opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV are ready to face any Senate inquiry
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 15:45:36 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senator-elect Lito Lapid on Thursday took his oath in Meycauayan, Bulacan.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 10:11:45 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Thursday said he already received assurance from experienced lawmakers that learning the system and ways of the Senate would not be as arduous.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 12:03:50 +0000
The senators “agreed to do our best” to pass the bill seeking to raise the excise tax on tobacco products before Congress adjourns.
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Read moreCredit to Author: BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 09:55:48 +0000
VOTING 15-0-0, the Senate on Wednesday approved on third and final reading the proposed Security of Tenure Act or End Endo Bill prohibiting labor-only contracting. Sen. Joel Villanueva, chairman of…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 06:00:33 +0000
All newly-elected senators, except for senators Grace Poe and Nancy Binay, made President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature fist bump during the proclamation of winning senators on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 05:05:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—The push for a federal form of government still has a “long way to go” even as the majority of senators are allies of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been calling for a shift to federalism, reelected senator Sonny Angara said Wednesday.
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