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Members of Senate, House meet to reconcile versions of BBL

  (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 […]

Duterte wants committee that will determine who owns lands in Boracay

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, July 4, said there was a need to create a committee that would determine who owns the lands in Boracay. Duterte made the statement in a speech during the 31st anniversary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City, after reiterating his plan to distribute the lands–which he said were forestal and agricultural in nature—to the natives. “So there has to be a committee, to […]