Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:15:10 +0000
“Corrupt public officials have no place on earth. But corrupt officials stealing health funds deserve an upgraded and super special suite in hell.”
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 05:55:30 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Huge losses incurred during the past few months had prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to order the stoppage of all lotto and other gaming features of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 06:56:46 +0000
Get your act together and don’t make legislators look stupid.This was how senators dared members of President Duterte’s Cabinet on Friday
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:19:08 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Senators should serve a term of six years. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said this as he opposed a measure filed at the House of Representatives that would reduce a senator’s six-year term to four but would extend the term of congressmen extended from three years to four years. “Ako naman po sa […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:46:10 +0000
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Wednesday slammed a new proposal at the House of Representatives that, among other things, seeks to shorten the tenure of senators from the current six years to four years.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:17:24 +0000
More than 13 or the majority of 24 senators would vote if the proposed reimposition of the death penalty would be limited to drugs only, Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:21:47 +0000
Senator Cynthia Villar got the chairmanships of three committees in the Senate while neophyte Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the architect of Oplan Tokhang, is the new head of peace and reconciliation panel.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:41:02 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — It is time to lift martial law in Mindanao, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 04:22:37 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has credited his Senate colleagues for his high satisfaction rating, claiming that their body of work
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 03:14:53 +0000
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday said that it was “surreal” to see a member of the Marcos family, in particular Senator Imee Marcos
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