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(Eagle News)—-Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday, May 8, denied he had any hand in the “Bikoy” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family and several others. “I categorically state that I am not involved on the Bikoy videos and has (sic) not conspired with anybody to produce such videos. I do not know Bikoy and have not met him ever,” Alejano said in a statement. According to Alejano, a member of Magdalo that figured […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano files on Monday, October 15 filed his certificate of candidacy for 2019 senatorial run. Alejano was accompanied by Sen. Antonio Trillanes. (Eagle News Service Jerold Tagbo)
(Eagle News) — Rep. Gary Alejano has filed a resolution seeking for a review of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law. In filing House Resolution 1838, Alejano said “almost all Filipinos, 98 percent, feel the increase in prices, especially in food and beverages..” following the implementation of the law. Like Senator JV Ejercito, Alejano also noted the increase in the inflation rate, which he said was at 4.5 percent. He said this was […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo Party-List Representative Gary Alejano is asking the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into the encounter between the Philippine Navy and Vietnamese fishermen in the West Philippine Sea. The encounter resulted in the death of two Vietnamese fishermen, while five others were apprehended for illegal fishing in the area near western Pangasinan. Alejano said that the government should formulate a concrete strategy on how to handle issues […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — An opposition lawmaker said that the Duterte administration should review its campaign against illegal drugs following an admission of President Rodrigo Duterte that he cannot totally control the illegal drug problem in the country. Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano advised the President to look into more effective steps in solving the root cause of the illegal drug problem. “Ano ba talaga ang ugat ng problema ng illegal na droga? […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano appealed to his fellow congressmen to prioritize the creation of an Emergency Management Agency as outlined by President Rodrigo Duterte himself in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). He said this should be among the priority bills in Congress. The proposed emergency management agency will be under the Office of the President and will be responsible for disaster mitigation and preparedness measures as well as […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo party-list representative Gary Alejano warned Police Supt. Marvin Marcos’ return to service will only give a bad image to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Alejano added that President Rodrigo Duterte was stubbornly standing by his promise that no police or military personnel will be brought to justice even if they kill those who were involved in illegal drugs. He noted that President Duterte would not be in power […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo Party-list representative Gary Alejano has admitted that his group has not yet prepared any other complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte. Alejano said that the Magdalo party-list has yet to decide whether to push through with the filing of the complaint against the President with the International Criminal Court or not. After the House of Representatives dismissed Alejano’s impeachment complaint, Alejano said that he would file the complaint on the ground that the […]
(Eagle News) – “He can go ahead. He’s free to do it. This is a democracy.” This was how President Rodrigo Duterte reacted to questions on the threat of Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano to bring to the International Criminal Court (ICC) his impeachment complaint against him, after it had been junked by majority of the House committee on Justice for “insufficiency in substance.” “Look, I was investigated by the Human Rights (commission) when Delilah (senator […]
(Eagle News) – The House justice committee has voted to declare as “sufficient in form” but “insufficient in substance” the impeachment complaint filed by Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano against President Rodrigo Duterte. “We hereby declare that the impeachment complaint is sufficient in form. We will now proceed with the determination on the sufficiency of substance,” Rep. Reynaldo Umali, the chair of the House committee on Justice said. Oriental Mindoro Rep. Doy Leachon then moved to […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Monday (May 15) started deliberations on the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte by Magdalo Party List Rep. Gary Alejano last March, with the House leaders questioning Alejano on his personal knowledge on the contents of his complaint. As the hearing progressed, Alejano admitted he had no personal knowledge as to the material allegations on his complaint but that he had just perused newspaper reports […]
(Eagle News) – Liberal Party members in Congress who are allied with the House of Representatives’ majority bloc have issued their position that they would reject any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and their chairman, Vice-President Leni Robredo – a move which Malacanang welcomed. Deputy Majority Leader and Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo said their group, consisting of 15 LP members, have already told Robredo of their decision. Quimbo said the impeachment moves […]
