Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 05:01:32 +0000
Senator-elect Christopher “Bong” Go conceded that President Duterte’s push for federalism remained a “long shot,” noting the public’s lack of awareness.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 03:53:51 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Reelected Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said she is confident that Senator JV Ejercito can stage a Senate comeback after failing in his reelection bid in the 2019 midterm elections.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 02:49:11 +0000
Five incumbent senators won back their seats in the Senate, with three first-time senators and four former senators joining them.
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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 02:46:30 +0000
“Masaya ako! Senador na ako!” Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa expressed joy on Wednesday as he spoke briefly to the media at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 23:38:09 +0000
Senator JV Ejercito said he would be leaving the Senate with his “integrity intact.” Ejercito made the statement as he conceded defeat.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 10:45:10 +0000
Presumptive Senator Francis Tolentino is choosing two from six committees in the Senate as the race for chairmanships tightens.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 07:44:17 +0000
The Senate should reject proposed “draconian and regressive” laws like the revival of the death penalty in the last few session days of the 17th Congress.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 02:24:36 +0000
The Comelec, sitting as the NBOC, resumed its session Tuesday to canvass votes from the two remaining COCs for the May midterm elections.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 02:11:25 +0000
The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to create the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA).
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 12:44:14 +0000
Deep down inside, JV Ejercito knows he won, and the deluge of people’s manifestation of support to him has wiped out any hint of bitterness or downheartedness on the senator.
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