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(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima had admitted to texting the daughter of her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, not to attend the hearing at the House inquiry on the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary last October. But the senator qualified that this was not “obstruction of justice,” but “obstruction of persecution.” “They’re imputing disrespect on my part. Aren’t they the ones disrespecting me all this time? So what do […]
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Justice recommended the grant of immunity to Ronnie Dayan as it started its inquiry on Thursday morning (November 24) into the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid prisons. With no member of the House objecting, House committee chair Rep. Rey Umali said they would forward their motion to grant immunity to Dayan, a former bodyguard-driver and lover of Senator Leila de Lima, to House […]
Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers and Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay on Wednesday, October 12 almost come to blows after argument in Congress.
(Eagle News)– Because of his delicate health condition, convicted kidnapper and high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian failed to attend the resumption of hearings at the House of Representatives on Thursday morning (October 6) regarding the illegal drug anomalies at the national penitentiary. At the start of the hearings in Congress, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said that Sebastian was supposed to appear that morning but that the recommendation of the medical doctor attending to him was […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Bahrain warned Thursday that the United States would be the loser from Congress’s vote to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. “The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act is an arrow launched by the US Congress at its own country,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter. “Are there no rational people among you?” he asked. Bahrain […]
QUEZON CITY, Sept. 15 – During the congressional deliberations on the 2017 budget, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that the department will unite with members of the House of Representatives in providing much needed emergency financial services to their constituents. She said that the DSWD will coordinate with local government units (LGUs) to determine the poverty incidence levels in the various cities and municipalities to also determine the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama said after meeting with the top four congressional leaders on Monday (September 12) that he was encouraged that lawmakers would be able to pass short term spending legislation to keep the government open during the 2017 fiscal year. Democrat Obama said he was hopeful about reaching agreements with the Republican-majority Congress on funding to fight the Zika virus and for disaster relief after flooding in […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced a sharp increase in next year’s national budget to fund his controversial war on crime, with security forces to get big pay rises. The political outsider swept to a landslide election victory in May and immediately implemented an anti-drug crackdown that has seen police and vigilantes kill more than 1,000 people, according to media tallies. In announcing a 3.35-trillion-peso ($72.3 billion) 2017 budget, up […]
(Reuters) Some Republican senators tried on Friday to craft a compromise bill to impose limited gun restrictions in the face of pressure from Democrats and public rage over the Orlando mass shooting, the deadliest in modern U.S. history. A gunman killed 49 people at the Orlando, Florida, gay nightclub last Sunday, sparking a scramble over competing gun measures in the U.S. Senate. While past gun-control measures have failed to clear Congress, the massacre, coupled with […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Congress spent almost P1 billion (or P929.4 million to be exact) for consultancy services last year. This was based on data submitted by Congress to the Commission on Audit. At least 3,150 consultants were hired by Congress in 2015. According to COA, the expenses of Congress for consultancy services last year were 55% higher compared to 2014. But COA said that it does not have any negative findings regarding this increase […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – As early as now, the Congress through incoming House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said that its ready to give the executive department extra power to solve the traffic problem, especially in Metro Manila. Alvarez said the traffic problem can already be considered as a crisis and the new administration needs to implement drastic measures to solve it. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The head of the Philippines’ main Muslim rebel group on Thursday urged his followers to maintain a ceasefire with the government despite failure to pass a bill implementing a peace accord. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman Murad Ebrahim made the appeal in a statement carried on the group’s Facebook page. “In spite of the non-passage of the (bill), the MILF will continue to uphold the peace process and ensure that all […]
