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(Eagle News) — Quezon Governor Danilo Suarez has tested positive for COVID-19. Suarez, who is 78 years old, made the announcement in a Facebook post on Thursday, May 6. He said the results were based on the RT-PCR test he took on May 5. “Sa kasalukuyan, maayos ang aking kalagayan at binabantayan ng aking doktor ang aking kondisyon (At present, I am in good condition and my doctor is monitoring my health),” he said. He […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson does not believe Budget Secretary Ben Diokno should resign despite allegations he has links to a supposedly favored contractor. In the first place, Lacson, in an interview aired over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Dec. 20, said he “cannot imagine” Diokno dealing with contractors directly. “I’m not defending Sec. Diokno. Pero sabi niya nga nakipag-deal siya sa mga agencies pag nag-appropriate at saka nag-release ng budget,” Lacson said. According to […]
(Eagle News)–The group of ousted Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the squabble over who should be the Lower House’s minority leader. The lawmakers also asked the SC to order Danilo Suarez to cease and desist from performing the functions of the minority leader, and to acknowledge ABS Party-list Rep. Eugene Michael de Vera for the position instead. Alvarez’s group had argued Suarez could not be the minority leader as, […]
(Eagle News) — Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez is still the House minority leader. This was after a majority of the members of the House of Representatives approved the motion of Majority Leader Rolando Andaya declaring the Quezon representative as such. Northern Samar 1st District Representative Raul Daza tried to object, but to no avail. Apart from Andaya, Rep. Miro Quimbo and ABS Rep. Eugene de Vera were vying for the post. Their supporters argued Suarez […]
(Eagle News) — Former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene in the feud on who should comprise and lead the minority bloc in the Lower Chamber. In a television interview, Fariñas noted that under House rules, those who voted for Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Speaker could no longer vie for a minority bloc post. Rep. Danilo Suarez, who voted and for and campaigned for Arroyo to be […]
(Eagle News)–Deputy Speaker Rolando Andaya Jr. on Sunday, July 29, said the majority will distance itself from the ongoing disagreements on who should lead the minority bloc in the House of Representatives under Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term as Speaker. According to Andaya, if there was anything they would decide on, “siguro ‘yung guidelines lang kung paano ang pagpili nila.” He said they would, however, leave it to the parties involved to decide who will […]
(Eagle News)—-The “quirks of politicians” in the House of Representatives are damaging the institution as the fight for posts under a new leadership in the House of Representatives continues, Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Saturday, July 28. According to Lagman, for instance, while the “pertinent rule of the House of Representatives explicitly provides that those who vote for the winning Speaker constitute the majority,” members of the group of Rep. Danilo Suarez, who voted for Rep. […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the House minority bloc on Thursday, June 14, said they would move for the rejection of the Commission on Elections’ budget proposal for 2019 if the poll agency does not replace Smartmatic as the midterm elections’ technology provider. “Glaring na glaring naman ‘yung lapses nila,” House minority leader Danilo Suarez said. BUHAY party-list Rep. Lito Atienza cited as an example Smartmatic’s alleged lapses during the 2016 elections. He said such […]
