Tag: Andaya

Maui emergency manager resigns after wildfire warning criticism

LOS ANGELES, Aug 18, 2023 (AFP) – The embattled head of Maui’s emergency management agency, who had come under fire for sirens not being sounded as a wildfire tore through the Hawaiian town of Lahaina, resigned Thursday, a statement said. “Today Mayor Richard Bissen accepted the resignation of Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Administrator Herman Andaya,” a Maui County release said. “Citing health reasons, Andaya submitted his resignation effective immediately.” Andaya on Wednesday told a […]

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Andaya: House leadership to retrieve 2019 budget books from Senate; team formed to resolve contentious issues

  (Eagle News) – The leadership of the House of Representatives has decided to retrieve the 2019 budget documents it had submitted to the Senate in an attempt to resolve the long-standing budget impasse. In a statement, appropriations panel chair Rolando Andaya Jr., said that the Secretary General had been sent to the Senate “retrieve the budget books.” But he clarified that this does not mean that the House was “withdrawing of backtracking” from their […]

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Sotto: Senate insists on Road Board abolition; talks set between Zubiri and Andaya on issue

(Eagle News) – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said the Senate maintains its position that there is no need for a bicameral conference committee on the bill abolishing the Road Board, even as talks between the Senate and House majority leaders about the issue are set. Sotto said that this position reflected the general sentiment of senators after an all-member caucus. “At the moment, we still stand on the issue that it has been […]

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Pres. Duterte insists on Road Board abolition in talk with Arroyo, describes Board as “milking cow” for corrupt politicians

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed that he had talked with House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo where he had discussed his firm stand to abolish the controversial graft-ridden “Road Board” which he described as a “milking cow” for corrupt politicians. Duterte also pointed out that House Majority Floor Leader Rolando Andaya had seemed to misunderstand before his position on the Road Board when he claimed the President did not want the Road Board […]

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Andaya: Possible “slight delay” in signing of P3.757-T nat’l budget won’t affect gov’t workers’ pay hike

  (Eagle News) – There could be a “slight delay” in the signing of the 2019 proposed national budget amounting to P3.757-trillion, but this will not affect the scheduled pay hike of government workers next year, according to House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya. He said a total of P121.7 billion had already been allocated for the salary adjustments in 2019. Of this amount, P51.7 billion already covered the fourth and final tranche of the Salary […]

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Andaya: If Duterte asks for martial law extension in Mindanao, “it shall be given”

(Eagle News) — If President Rodrigo Duterte asks for an extension of martial law in Mindanao, “it shall be given.” This is according to House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., following statements from the Palace extending the same was an option after the bombing in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “The declaration of martial law is the call of the executive. The President declares or extends, Congress concurs,” he said. He added, however, […]

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Fariñas, Tinio object to resolution installing Arroyo as Speaker; shouting match ensues on floor

  (Eagle News) – Former House majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday questioned House Resolution 2025 which contained the June 23 proceedings that installed Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new House Speaker. The Ilocos Norte first district representative noted that he was still the chair of the House Committee on Rules as of the last session day, and that based on House procedures this resolution should have first passed his committee. Fariñas said that […]

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