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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The bicameral conference committee approved on Wednesday night the reconciled version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. The Senate and the House of Representatives are expected to ratify the approved version of the reconciled Senate Bill 1717 and House Bill 6475 before July 24, the day President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to hold his third State of the Nation Address. He is then expected to sign the measure into law. […]
(Eagle News)– Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, July 18, said Charter Change or federalism were not needed to achieve “self-governance.” Drilon told reporters the BBL, after all, in itself already grants the same. “(It) is proof we do not need federalism or amending the Constitution in order to achieve self governance or the benefits of federalism that (are) being presented to the people,” he said. He said the BBL would “give extensive power” […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The bicameral conference committee tasked to reconcile Congress versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law has dropped the provision against political dynasties. According to Senator Francis Escudero, the joint panel dropped Article VII Section 15 of the Senate’s version of the BBL. The provision says that “no party representative should be related within the second (2nd) civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to a district representative or another party representative […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate met in a bicameral conference committee meeting on Monday, July 9, to reconcile their versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Twenty-nine senators and congressmen trooped to a hotel in Ortigas to attend the five-day meeting aimed at ensuring the passage of the law President Rodrigo Duterte has said would bring lasting peace in Mindanao. “Napag-agreehan naman na yung mga madaling provisions […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, revealed there were “political clans” that wanted to derail the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. He said as soon as Congress approves the measure and President Rodrigo Duterte signs it into law, several groups will therefore question its legality before the Supreme Court. “There are certain groups that don’t want to see this approved because this would change […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The annual internal revenue allotment of the Bangsamoro has been reduced in the approved versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law of the Senate and the House of Representatives. According to Senator Cynthia Villar, from the 6 percent of the net national revenue collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs proposed by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, or P72 billion, the yearly IRA of the Bangsamoro in […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, May 31, lauded the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. “We are pleased that both houses passed their respective versions of the BBL. The certification was a signal that the President considers the BBL as absolutely indispensable in the search for peace in Mindanao,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He said Malacanang was also “pleased that both houses of Congress […]
Fails to pass P1.16-billion proposed Dengvaxia supplemental budget By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law which President Rodrigo Duterte said would provide lasting peace in Mindanao hurdled the Senate on the last day of session. The measure garnered a unanimous vote from the senators, who all voted except for Senator Manny Pacquiao, who was in General Santos at that time, and Leila de Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame over […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 30, approved on third and final reading a proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. The substitute to House Bill 6475 was approved on third reading since it was certified as urgent by President Rodrigo Duterte. Earlier, the House passed the measure on second reading, with a vote of 226-11, with two lawmakers abstaining. The President has also certified as urgent the Senate’s counterpart of the law. Presidential Spokesperson Harry […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will meet Congress leaders and members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission to discuss ways on how to reconcile contentious provisions in the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. According to House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas, apart from him, Congress leaders to be present in the meeting later on Monday, May 28, were Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Senate President Tito Sotto III and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri. “Yung mga contentious portions, we agreed […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service House leaders have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure that seeks to provide for a Bangsamoro Basic Law and to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In asking Duterte to make the certification on House Bill 6475, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority leader Rodolfo Farinas said they aimed to pass the measure on third reading “before the sine die adjournment of Congress on […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a bill that seeks to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and provides for a Bangsamoro entity instead. In a May 21 letter to the President, the Senate, through Senate President Tito Sotto and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, asked that the President issue such a certification on Senate Bill No. 1717. According to the senators, who coursed their […]
