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(Eagle News) — Ibinunyag ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez na magkakaroon ng ikalawang bugso ng balasahan sa kamara sa buwan ng Mayo. Sinabi ni Alvarez na paunang balasahan pa lamang ang nangyari kagabi at hinihintay pa ng house leadership ang mga nominee na isusumite ng mga partido kapalit ng mga naunang sinibak. Magugunitang inalisan ng puwesto sa Kamara at committee chairmanships ang mga kongresistang bumoto laban sa death penalty bill. https://youtu.be/6_mVzJJ7qCU
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Buhay Party-List Representative Lito Atienza asked the Senate to forget about the death penalty bill as the law cannot be applied to those charged under the Duterte administration. According to Atienza’s estimation, if the death penalty bill is passed, the execution of the first criminal to be sentenced with death will be around 2022, the end of President Duterte’s term. “Even assuming the Senate caves in, and approves its […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pampanga Representative and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may be removed from her Deputy Speaker status after voting “no” to the passage of the bill reimposing death penalty. Aside from Rep. Arroyo, 10 more lawmakers may be removed from the chairmanship of various House committees for opposing the measure. In the vote of the House of Representatives on the third and final reading of the […]
MANILA, Oct. 8 — The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiating panels, together with House of Representatives members who have taken active roles in the bill’s legislative process, held a press conference yesterday to shed light on the status of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) amidst recent uncertainties and continuing delays. “We have communicated to our representatives at the House the urgency of apprising the public especially the Bangsamoro people who […]
