Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 06:52:35 +0000
Senate must study first the implementation of the Juvenile and Justice Welfare Act (JJWA) or Republic Act 9344 before lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR), Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:20:59 +0000
A total of 76 names were included in the senatorial race for the May 2019 midterm elections, including former Senator Sergio Osmena III and re-electionist Senator Koko Pimentel.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:44:03 +0000
Commission on Elections Spokesperson James Jimenez on Friday said that the official list of senatorial candidates and party-list groups for the May 2019 elections will be released on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:38:19 +0000
Among the branches of government, it was only the Senate that received a “very good” net satisfaction rating in the fourth quarter of 2018, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:38:45 +0000
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday lauded the Senate’s decision to block funds for the multibillion-peso Chinese-funded surveillance system project of the Duterte administration that has raised security concerns.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:16:07 +0000
Mislatel Consortium has assured its network and telco facilities will “not at all compromise” cybersecurity.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:02:14 +0000
Malacañang has said government may look at other potential third major telco player if Mislatel Consortium is declared ineligible.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 06:55:26 +0000
President Duterte might veto the prohibition on the Chinese government-assisted P20-billion surveillance project included in the 2019 budget.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 05:52:28 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte wants parents of children in conflict with the law to also be punished for neglecting their offsprings, Malacañang said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 04:57:09 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—The measure seeking to lower the minimum age of criminal liability from 15 to 12 years old will be properly debated and scrutinized in the upper chamber, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Thursday.
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