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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is against divorce. This is what Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified during a press conference in Camarines Sur on Monday, March 19. “Ayaw po sana niyang magkomento pero since nagbotohan na naman sa kamara, ang Presidente po ay tutol sa divorce,” Roque said. According to Roque, the President said it would be the children who would bear the brunt of the effects of a divorce between parents. “Ang […]
(Eagle News) – “We have made history here in defining the impeachment process in the House of Representatives.” This was how House committee on justice chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali described how the house panel had so far handled deliberations on the impeachment complaint, as well as the crafting of the articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno which 33 lawmakers had voted to approve. The 56-page articles of […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill postponing the May 2018 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections. The House, voting 211-29-0, approved House Bill 7378, which sets the date of the conduct of the May 14, 2018 elections to Oct. 8, 2018 instead. The approval came even as several senators already said the postponement was not likely. Senate President Koko Pimentel has said he sees no reason to defer […]
(Eagle News) — House Justice committee chair Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali on Monday expressed confidence there would be sufficient votes for the draft articles of impeachment and the committee report against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno at the plenary. “The writing is already on the wall. It will not be difficult to obtain the one-third vote,” Umali said. A vote of one-third of House members is needed to send the impeachment complaint to the Senate, […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections anew. Under House Bill 7378, the elections slated on May 14 would be moved to October 8, 2018. Subsequent elections will also be held on the second Monday of October 2021, and every three years after that, under the measure. On Monday, the House suffrage and electoral reforms committee voted to approve the deferment of the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque dismissed rumors of an alleged coup d’etat against the leadership of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Roque also said that he had spoken with his close friends at the House of Representatives and that there was no truth to the alleged coup d’etat. House Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro for his part dismissed the rumors and described it as “kuwentong barbero.” He also said that the rumors […]
Under proposal, barangay polls to be held on Oct. 8 instead (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives suffrage and electoral reforms committee has approved the proposal to defer the May 14 barangay elections to October 8. The committee led by CIBAC Rep. Sherwin Tugna voted 14-2 to approve the deferment, and voted 17-0 to approve the new date. Tugna admitted, however, that the Senate would have to approve a similar proposal for the elections not […]
But Associate Justice De Castro calls out Sereno in same event: “That’s sub judice” (Eagle News) – “I will not yield.” Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno had this to say on Thursday, barely an hour before the House Committee on Justice, voting 38-2, found probable cause to impeach her. “The oath that I have taken is to protect the Constitution, the independence of the judiciary, and to take a stand for every judge whose freedom […]
(Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Thursday said that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) should be “open to changes.” In a statement, he said this was to allow the Bangsamoro autonomy to “evolve by abandoning its mistakes and strengthening its positive aspects.” “We recommend that lawmakers should look at past experiences in devolving certain basic services to learn from them and take into consideration these lessons when crafting the BBL,” Dominguez said. […]
(Eagle News) – The National Telecommunications Commission’s “failure to maintain an effective competition among private entities in the use of communication and radio facilities” needs to be addressed prior to the entry of the third telco company. Tarlac 2nd District Rep. Victor A. Yap said this was to ensure that the third player will not be “eaten by the existing telco giants.” “The entry of a new player will not only provide competition to the existing […]
Structure of gov’t now up for discussion; discussion on manner of voting amendments put on hold (Eagle News) — The Senate and the House of Representatives have apparently found a way to move forward with Charter Change. This was after the Senate President Koko Pimentel and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez agreed to “shift the focus” of discussion from the manner of voting proposed amendments to the Constitution to other issues. Both Pimentel and Alvarez […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is not worried about the threat of several Senators that they will boycott the constituent assembly proposed by the House of Representatives. Alvarez said that the House of Representatives have sufficient numbers to amend the Constitution, whether or not the Senate joins them. Alvarez also said that before the Constitution can be amended, there is a need for a 3/4 majority vote of the Congress. […]
