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(Eagle News) — For Senator Francis Escudero, Senator Tito Sotto has a very good chance of retaining the Senate presidency. In an interview over ANC, Escudero said this was because Sotto “enjoys the support of the majority of senators who will remain and also the support of the majority of senators who got reelected, if not all of them.” Fourteen senators signed the resolution drafted by Senator Panfilo Lacson that was aimed at determining how […]
Our own terms as lawmakers will expire before, in June 2019, Escudero explains (Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero on Wednesday, Dec. 12, questioned the legality of the 17th Congress voting for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao, or up to December 2019, even when some of the members’ terms were set to expire months before, or in June of that year. “Maaari ba talaga tayong magbigay ng extension ng one year samantalang […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Francis Escudero, the temporary suspension of quarry operations will only worsen inflation. “Amidst the government’s efforts to control inflation, here is a policy decision from one agency that will erase whatever little gains they have achieved at reining (inflation) in,” he said in a statement. Escudero was referring to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which ordered the 15-day suspension in select areas after a landslide in Itogon, Benguet; and in […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero said on Monday that he would recommend the lifting of the warrant of arrest against former Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista if he complied with one of two conditions. “..Either mag-submit siya ng bank waiver or mag-submit ng detalyadong affidavit na sinasagot ang mga tanong laban sa kanya,” Escudero, chairman of the Senate banks, financial institutions and currencies committee, said he told Bautista’s lawyer, Anacleto Diaz. He said Diaz went […]
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, however, may be asked to attend, Escudero says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte may not be asked to attend a hearing on his “bank accounts” if that pushes through, Senator Francis Escudero said on Monday. Escudero, chair of the the Senate committee on banks, financial Institutions and currencies, said this was because compelling a President to do the same could result in a “constitutional crisis.” According to Escudero, the president’s […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero on Thursday alleged there were “back-up” SD memory cards used in the 2016 elections that were not “mirror images” of the original ones. Speaking before the joint oversight committee, Escudero said his witness, a former poll official, would corroborate this. He said the witness would appear in the next hearing. “Ang tanong, ilan sa back up drive ang pinadala? At nasaan yung record ng back-up drive? Apparently walang ganung record ang Comelec […]
(Eagle News) — President Benigno S. Aquino III said he is close to announcing who he would endorse in next year’s presidential elections, after a six-hour meeting with possible presidential candidates at the Palace Wednesday night. The President is expected to announce his presidential bet after his state-of-the nation address (SONA) on July 27. Aquino on Thursday said he is pleased that there are a number of qualified people who could succeed him as chief […]
