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Poe warns vs issuing more PUV franchises to address PITX concerns

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 10:42:48 +0000

Senator Grace Poe on Friday cautioned transport officials against granting new franchises for identified routes of buses, UV express, and jeepney to address concerns at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), saying it may worsen traffic in Metro Manila. 

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Sotto: No Cha-cha discussion on joint session next week

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:44:20 +0000

Sotto: No Cha-cha discussion on joint session next week

Senators will not let Charter change be raised when the lower and upper chamber convene next week to tackle the possible extension of martial law in Mindanao, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Friday.

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De Lima on alleged P2.4-B pork: Arroyo shows she has not changed

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:38:08 +0000

Senator Leila De Lima on Friday said the alleged P2.4-billion “pork barrel” allotted to House Speaker Gloria Arroyo’s district shows that the former president has not changed after all.

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Zubiri: Joint session on martial law extension may derail budget passage

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:55:33 +0000

Zubiri: Joint session on martial law extension may derail budget passage

The possible joint session next week to tackle the proposed martial law extension in Mindanao might further derail passage of the 2019 budget.

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Sotto: Duterte likely to call for joint session on martial law extension

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:11:35 +0000

President Duterte might call for a joint session of Congress on December 12 to tackle the proposed extension of martial law in Mindanao.

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Lacson to lawmakers: Deleting ‘pork’ will be a ‘genuine gesture of good faith’

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:07:23 +0000

MANILA, Philippines —Senator Panfilo Lacson has asked the House of Representatives to delete or reduce the huge allocations for the districts of House Speaker Gloria Arroyo and House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya, Jr. if the chamber’s leadership believe this was a case of a “misplaced gesture of generosity.”

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Tindig Pilipinas fields an ex-soldier, a rights defender, and a ‘bakwit leader’

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Tindig Pilipinas fields an ex-soldier, a rights defender, and a ‘bakwit leader’

The soldier, the human rights defender, and the Bangsamoro woman leader. 

These, in gist, are the three first-time senatorial candidates that cause-oriented opposition alliance Tindig Pilipinas presented before the media on Friday in Quezon City.

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