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(Eagle News) – Liberal Party members in Congress who are allied with the House of Representatives’ majority bloc have issued their position that they would reject any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and their chairman, Vice-President Leni Robredo – a move which Malacanang welcomed. Deputy Majority Leader and Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo said their group, consisting of 15 LP members, have already told Robredo of their decision. Quimbo said the impeachment moves […]
DAPITAN CITY, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Mainit ang naging pagtanggap ng Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Dapitan City sa ginawang pagbisita ng mga miyembro ng House of Representatives of the Philippines sa Dakak Park & Beach Resort, Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte. Ito ay pinangunahan ni Congressman Pantaleon D. Alvarez, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ang mga kongresista ay lulan ng RORO vessels na bumibyahe na may rutang Dumaguete-Dapitan kung saan dala nila ang […]
(Eagle News) — If an impeachment complaint is filed against Vice-President Leni Robredo with the House of Representatives when Congress resumes, it is possible that this would move faster and prosper unlike the impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte. This was how leaders at the Lower House and even Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III viewed recent developments affecting the top two leaders of the country. An impeachment complaint was earlier filed […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo may soon face an impeachment complaint. In an interview with CNN Philippines, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he was studying filing the complaint against Robredo, who he said had betrayed the public trust. “Ipagpalagay natin na totoo ang pagkahalal (niya), sisiraan mo ang bayan sa international community ng walang pakundangan. Ano ang magiging epekto nun. Economically, may impact po yun. At saka siyempre ipinipinta nya yung bansa natin na di maganda sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Magdalo lawmaker who filed an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that the former military “Magdalo” officers planned this thoroughly, including Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV, so they can remove the President from office. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano also said that included in their plan is to time the filing of the impeachment complaint against the President on the first day of recess of the House of Representatives, so […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Thursday said the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to be part of a “larger scheme of things.” “It just seems (like that). It just seems rather dramatic that everything seems to be coordinated at this stage,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a press conference minutes after the Magdalo partylist announced the filing of the complaint with the House of Representatives. Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano had said in their own […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday night formally stripped from their posts lawmakers with key positions who voted against the passage of the death penalty bill, including House Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Along with Pampanga Rep. Arroyo, 11 other lawmakers holding chairmanship posts were removed from their positions after majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas moved to have their posts declared vacant. The following committee chairmanships were declared vacant: civil service, chaired by Vilma […]
(Eagle News) — With 216 “yes” votes and 54 “no” votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the bill seeking to reimpose the death penalty in the country. House Bill 4727 was passed on Tuesday, March 7, just six days after its second reading approval on voice voting. This time, through nominal voting, there was only one abstention, as lawmakers expressed their votes before the passage of the bill. Only drug-related […]
(Eagle News) — In the latest Pulse Asia Survey released on Monday, January 9, Vice President Leni Robredo’s trust rating went down by 7 percent for the last quarter of 2016, dipping to 58 percent from the previous quarter’s 65 percent. The survey fieldwork was conducted from December 6 to 11, 2016 using face-to-face interviews among the 1,200 randomly picked adult respondents, with a ± 3 margin of error at the 95-percent confidence level. […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives issued a “show cause order” against Senator Leila De Lima and is set to serve this with the Senate today, Tuesday, November 29. House members have agreed to just ask the Senate to “discipline” one of its members for interfering in the House hearing by preventing her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, from testifying last October. Lawmakers agreed not to issue an arrest warrant anymore against […]
