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(Eagle News)– The House of Representatives on Wednesday (October 5) approved on second reading the Duterte administration’s first national budget worth P3.35 trillion. 268 congressmen witnessed the approval of House Bill 3408 or the General Appropriations Bill for 2017. The budget is expected to be approved on third reading after the chamber emerges from its break which runs from October 22 to November 6. From August 22 to September 14, the appropriations committee conducted at […]
(Eagle News)– The House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 28) finally signed the subpoenas for Ronnie Dayan, the former driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila de Lima, and two others summoning them to give their testimonies on the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Aside from Dayan, the two others issued subpoenas are former Bureau of Corrections director Franklin Jesus Bucayu, and former Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) executive director Reginald Villasanta. […]
(Eagle News)– The House of Representatives on Monday (September 26) started plenary debates on House Bill 3408 or the 2017 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which refers to the P3.35 trillion national budget for next year. The deliberations started with a sponsorship speech of House committee on appropriations Chairman Davao City Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles and explained the General Principles an General Provisions of the 2017 GAB. The period of amendments has been set for October […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima stressed on Sunday (September 18) that she will not attend the hearing of House of Representatives on the alleged narcotics trade inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP). “With or without an invitation, I will not attend that hearing. I will not even send any representative, lawyer or even an observer,” De Lima said. “It is a sham inquiry, with no objective other than to demolish or destroy me, upon orders […]
(Eagle News)– Both chambers of Congress, the Senate and House of Representatives, have agreed to move the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to 2017. The new date agreed for the polls is October 23, 2017. Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said in a caucus at the House of Representatives that they will file a bill postponing the elections to next year. The Senate will file their own bill as well.
(Eagle News)– Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Thursday reiterated that his predecessor Senator Leila de Lima could face drug and graft charges if claims of her links to narcotics trade inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP) found to be true. Bank records and six witnesses would be presented by Department of Justice that would show De Lima’s involvement in NBP blunder. “At the very least, siyempre (violation of the) Anti-Graft Corrupt Practices […]
(Eagle News)– House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Thursday that House of Representatives won’t do anything “drastic” to Rep. Amado Espino’s connection with the New Bilibid Prison drug matrix, but he also intends to meet the Representative of Pangasinan. “Of course, kailangan tingnan natin dahil hindi naman ibig sabihin na nandoon ‘yung pangalan mo ay kami dito sa Kongreso, meron kaagad gagawin na drastic,” Alvarez stated. According to Alvarez, he was scheduled to meet […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday refused to attend House of Representatives’ own investigation of narcotics trade inside National Penitentiary, and cited ‘interparliamentary courtesy’ as her right to snob the probe. “Alam naman nila iyan, ni Congressman Harry. Abugado rin siya. Interparliamentary courtesy,” De Lima said. The senator issued this statement after Kabataan Party-list Representative Harry Roque challenged her to attend the lower House inquiry. Interparliamentary courtesy is a tradition of both houses […]
(Eagle News)– Kabayan Party-list Rep. Harry Roque on Wednesday challenged Senator Leila De Lima to show up at the House’s investigation on her connection with illegal drugs trade inside New Bilibid Prison. “Those are issues that she has to respond to. Kung walang tinatago, sisipot. Kung malinis ang konsensya, humarap ka,” Roque said. “We will see. We will invoke jurisprudence. We need to clarify the scope of this inter-parliamentary courtesy,” Roque answered about De Lima’s choice […]
(Eagle News) — Leaders of the House of Representatives on Monday urged Senator Leila De Lima to voluntarily show up in the congressional investigation over the presence of drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) during her term as secretary of Department of Justice. “I would ask her as a resource speaker, not as a senator because that is beyond the role she has right now. What we want to find out is what happened…but […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – There is a proposal in the House of Representatives that will prohibit vendors in the sidewalk as well as making use of the same as parking space. The proposed House Bill 2561 prohibits all kinds of obstructions on sidewalks in order to open up side roads to traffic, which in turn will alleviate the traffic problem besetting Metro Manila.
MANILA, Philippines — Both Houses of Congress has officially declared Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte to be the President-elect and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo as Vice President-elect. But Duterte was not able to attend the high-profile event. A joint session of the House of Representatives and the senate in manila endorsed the official count of the ballots, which saw Duterte win by more than six million votes. Duterte declined to attend, remaining instead in his southern […]
