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(Eagle News)–Allies of Marinduque Rep. Lord Velasco are set to elect him as Speaker on Monday, Oct. 12, a manifesto said. The manifesto sent to reporters said 187 lawmakers in the House will declare the Speaker post vacant and then vote for Velasco, who is supposed to take over the Speakership on October 14, as agreed upon in a term-sharing deal with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, and brokered by President Rodrigo Duterte. The 187 lawmakers […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Oct. 9, called for a special session of Congress to ensure the passage of the proposed 2021 national budget. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the session will be held from Oct. 13 to 16, noting that the President, in the same proclamation No. 1027, had certified as urgent the proposed national budget of P4.5 trillion. “Ginawa ito ng Presidente dahil importanteng maipasa, maisabatas ang proposed 2021 budget […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte met with Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Rep. Lord Velasco on Tuesday night reportedly to discuss the leadership in the House. Also present in the meeting were supporters of each congressman, who had come to a gentleman’s agreement to share the speakership in 2019. Under the agreement, Cayetano would serve as Speaker for the first 15 months of the 18th Congress, while Velasco would serve as the House leader for the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will not meddle in the term-sharing agreement between Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. The Palace said President Rodrigo Duterte issued the statement at the joint birthday celebration of Velasco and his wife, Rowena, amid speculation the pact, which said Cayetano would be succeeded as speaker by Velasco on Oct. 18, 2020, or 15 months after the current Speaker’s assumption of office, would be set aside instead. […]
(Eagle News)–Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives under the 18th Congress. Over 200, or 266 congressmen, voted for Cayetano,who was among those President Rodrigo Duterte backed as Speaker under a term-sharing agreement. Under the pact, Cayetano would be replaced by Rep. Lord Allan Velasco after 15 months. But Velasco and Rep. Martin Romualdez, both former Speaker contenders, themselves nominated Cayetano, who was foreign affairs secretary before he […]
(Eagle News)–The Cayetanos are poised to win in Taguig anew, with partial results showing they are slated to win local and congressional races. Lino Cayetano, brother of former Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, is ahead of his closest rival, Taguig-Pateros Rep. Arnel Cerafica, by over 60,000 votes, with 94.21 percent of election returns transmitted. Alan is also slated to beat former barangay chair Allan Cerafica by a wide margin in the congressional race in the first […]
(Eagle News) – Senatorial aspirant Christopher “Bong” Go once again took of his shirt to show his bare back and disprove the allegations made by Peter Joemel Advincula, the man claiming to be “Bikoy”, that he had a dragon tattoo on his back linked allegedly to illegal drugs. Go said Advincula’s allegation were all “malicious black propaganda” and hinted that it could be the work of the opposition. “Alam n’yo panahon ‘to ng pulitika. Kukulayan […]
(Eagle News) — A man who said he was a resident of Taguig is questioning the congressional bids of Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife Lani. Leonides Buac Jr., through lawyer Emilio Marañon III, said the Cayetanos failed to comply with the required residency requirement, and as such, should not be included in the list of official candidates in the 2019 elections. For this, the petitions said Alan, who is running as representative of the […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, Oct. 10, hinted at running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019. “It is time for me to come home to Taguig and Pateros. Although I never left and continue to live in Bagumbayan, Taguig, I have missed the daily intertwined life with my neighbors and brothers and sisters in Taguig and Pateros. I thank the many members of the Senate […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano is running in the 2019 elections. Duterte revealed this in a speech on Tuesday, Oct. 9. He, however, did not say what position he would vie for. Earlier, the Palace said there would be a revamp in the Cabinet with several running for different positions in the next polls.
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the British Broadcasting Corp. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, for what he said was its unfair depiction of democracy in the Philippines. In a statement, Cayetano said the documentary “Our World—Philippines: Democracy in Danger?” amounts to “nothing more than anti-Duterte propaganda, more worthy of tabloid journalism and gossip than the venerable institution that we thought BBC was.” In the first place, he said the documentary “misleads viewers about President […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Thursday, Aug. 23, reiterated its readiness to extend assistance to Indonesia, following the earthquakes that struck Lombok and that left hundreds dead. “As a neighbor and close friend in (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), we stand ready to lend a helping hand much like you have done when we were struck with disasters,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during his recent official […]
