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House panel approves reso providing for longer terms for some solons, election of President and VP in tandem

(Eagle News) — A House panel on Wednesday, Dec. 12, approved a resolution amending the Constitution to include, among others, longer terms for all local government officials and district representatives. The resolution approved by the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments reportedly during an executive session also provided for the election of three senators by region and the election of the president and vice president in tandem. Earlier, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, committee chair, […]

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House panel working to include free college education in draft federal charter

(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments is working to include free college education in the draft federal charter. Committee Vice Chair Vicente Veloso said that the 1987 Constitution only provides for free education for elementary and high school students. “But pagdating sa college, wala, to the point na ang daming mga kabataan natin ang nagsasabi na bakit pa ako mag-aaral ng high school e alam ko naman na walang mangyayari dito dahil […]

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Subpoena para kay CJ Sereno, ikinokonsidera ng House panel

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Upang mapilitan umanong dumalo sa impeachment proceeding, ikinukunsidera na ng House Committee on Justice ang pagpapa-subpoena kay Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Ayon kay Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, chairman ng komite, isa sa kanilang option ang pagpapa-subpoena sa punong mahistrado bilang bahagi ng kanilang mandato at bilang isang constitutional officer ay dapat aniyang sundin ito ni Sereno. Dagdag pa ni Umali, ang pag-iisyu ng subpoena ay isa […]

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NBI agent recaps ‘cash deliveries’ to De Lima

(Eagle News)– National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Intelligence Agent 1 Jovencio Ablen Jr. recounted on Tuesday (September 20) the two instances how he and his superior former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer-in-charge Rafael Ragos used to deliver P10 million cash to then Justice Secretary now Senator Leila De Lima. In his testimony, Ablen said that it was on November 24, 2012 when he and Ragos first delivered ‘inmate commissions’ to De Lima’s house in Parañaque. […]

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