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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Presidential Adviser on Clark Programs and Projects. The former President will receive an annual salary of P1. In a statement, Arroyo vowed to transform Clark into “Asia’s economic powerhouse in the 2020s.” She noted that “in this time of pandemic and the worst global recession in nearly a century, the rapid harnessing of the Clark-Subic service logistics corridor for jobs, investment and […]
(Eagle News)—-Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio has filed a perjury complaint against Senator Koko Pimentel. The complaint filed before the Manila Prosecutors Office stemmed from the electoral sabotage case the senator filed against now Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and others in 2011. Topacio was Arroyo’s lawyer at that time. The filing took place even if the Pasay Regional Trial Court cleared Arroyo in 2008, granting her demurrer to evidence. Pimentel is seeking reelection in the May elections […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 14, said those accusing Speaker Gloria Arroyo of falsification should just file a case against her. “Kung sinasabi mong unconstitutional, di ba it behooves them to file the appropriate charges against whomsoever has committed any violation of any law,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Senator Panfilo Lacson had made the accusations against Arroyo for signing the proposed national budget tweaked by the House of Representatives even after its […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet Senate President Tito Sotto and Speaker Gloria Arroyo over issues surrounding the already-ratified national budget. Sotto made the revelation in a radio interview on Tuesday, March 12. According to Sotto, the meeting would take place on Tuesday night. He said he would also ask Senator Panfilo Lacson, Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, finance committee chair Loren Legarda, and the chief of the Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Office, which […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, March 5, accused Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of violating the 1987 Constitution when she supposedly tampered with the P3.75-trillion 2019 national budget already ratified by Congress. In a statement, Lacson said apart from violating Article VI Section VI of the Constitution, Arroyo also committed “grave abuse of discretion” when she, even after Congress’ approval of the budget, allotted P25 million for the Health Facilities Enhancement Program of the districts whose […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday, Jan. 23, said she pushed for the approval of the House bill seeking to lower the age of criminal liability to nine years old because it is what President Rodrigo Duterte himself wants. “From the beginning I said that my agenda is the President’s agenda,” she said. On Monday, Jan. 21, the House justice committee approved House Bill 8858. The Senate has a pending bill seeking […]
(Eagle News)—-House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will move for the passage of a bill that will lower the age of criminal liability. Arroyo’s statement said House Justice Committee chair Salvador Leachon will hold a committee hearing on pending bills that seek the same on January 21 at 10 a.m. These include House Bill No. 505 filed by Tarlac Representative Victor Yap, which aims to lower the age of criminal liability to nine years old, and House Bill No. […]
(Eagle News)—Speaker Gloria Arroyo on Saturday, Jan. 5, welcomed the slowdown in inflation rate in December last year. In a statement, Arroyo said the “focus must now be on implementing things quickly and efficiently, in all fronts.” “In general, to the extent that so-called domestic supply side factors are involved, the government’s agencies must act quickly on the implementation side, to get the plans and programs going on the ground and produce results our people will […]
(Eagle News)–Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo urged the public to forgive and spread kindness as they bid goodbye to 2018. In her New Year’s message, Arroyo urged Filipinos to “greet the new year with gratitude to God for all His blessings and hope for a peaceful and prosperous Philippines.” “Let us not build fences but spread kindness and compassion. Let us not sow division but unity, not hate but forgiveness,” she said. She said she hoped the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson urged the reduction or removal of what he said were uncalled for congressional insertions worth P4.3 billion in the House version of the proposed P3.7-trillion budget for 2019. Lacson made the statement after House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., also Camarines Sur’s first district representative, said the allocations — allegedly P2.4 billion worth of projects in House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s second district in Pampanga, and P1.9 billion in projects in Andaya’s province — […]
(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. […]
