Tag: Lawmaker

Entire PSG on self-quarantine inside Malacanang as stricter measures enforced to protect Pres. Duterte

  (Eagle News) – Starting Saturday, March 28, all members of the Presidential Security Group will go under self-quarantine as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 after a lawmaker who recently tested positive for the disease attended a meeting inside Malacanang with President Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet members. PSG commander Col. Jesus Durante said that the lockdown only applies to PSG personnel, as he also recommended stricter screening of persons entering the Malacanang complex. Only those with […]

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Anti-gay marriage lawmaker ahead in Costa Rica vote for next president

by Marco Sibaja Agence France-Presse SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP) — A conservative, evangelical lawmaker who fiercely opposes gay marriage emerged as the frontrunner to become Costa Rica’s next president, according to partial results from a first round election Sunday. Fabricio Alvarado of the right-wing National Restoration Party received 26 percent of the vote, according to a count of over half the ballots, according to the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal. That placed him in the […]

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Anti-Trump gunman attacks US lawmakers; dies in shootout

by Thomas Watkins, with Michael Mathes in Washington Agence France Presse ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) — A rifle-wielding critic of President Donald Trump opened fire Wednesday on United States lawmakers practising for a charity baseball game, seriously wounding a top Republican congressman and three others before he was killed by police. The 66-year-old gunman was identified as James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, an ardent supporter of liberal Senator Bernie Sanders — who said he […]

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Senior US congressman shot at Virginia baseball practice: lawmaker

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Senior Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was among several victims shot and wounded at a baseball practice ahead of an annual game between lawmakers in a Washington suburb, one of his colleagues said Thursday. Fellow Republican lawmaker Mo Brooks told CNN that Scalise was shot in the hip, adding that at least two law enforcement officers and one congressional staffer were shot in Alexandria, Virginia. Scalise, the majority whip who rallies […]

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‘No evidence of collusion’ between Trump campaign, Russia: US lawmaker

by Stephanie GRIFFITH Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A congressional panel so far has found “no evidence” that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, its chairman said Sunday, ahead of testimony by the head of the FBI on the US president’s potential Russia ties. Based on “everything I have up to this morning — no evidence of collusion,” by Trump’s team and Moscow, Representative Devin Nunes, chairman of […]

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Top Republican challenges Trump to prove wiretapping claim

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A senior Republican lawmaker on Sunday challenged President Donald Trump to prove his claim that his phone was tapped by predecessor Barack Obama during last year’s campaign — or else retract the unsubstantiated allegation. Senator John McCain, a frequent Trump critic, issued his demand in an interview with CNN. “The president has one of two choices, either retract, or to provide the information that the American people deserve,” McCain said. […]

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S. Korea lawmakers cast votes on impeachment motion

by Park Chan-Kyong SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean lawmakers began voting Friday on an impeachment motion to strip President Park Geun-Hye of her sweeping executive powers over a corruption scandal that has paralysed her administration and triggered massive street protests. Members of the 300-seat national assembly cast anonymous, paper ballots that will be counted manually, with a two-thirds majority required for the motion to pass. “We have to make a historic decision while […]

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Family of murdered British lawmaker pledge love not hate as killer convicted

ENGLAND, United k=Kingdom (AFP) — The family of murdered British lawmaker Jo Cox spoke of love, not hate after a man obsessed with Nazis and extreme right-wing ideas was sentenced to life in jail on Wednesday (November 23). Cox was killed in a frenzied street attack which stunned Britain a week before the European Union referendum on June 16, 2016. Thomas Mair, 53, shot Cox three times and repeatedly stabbed the 41-year-old mother of two […]

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Canada PM Trudeau apologizes for striking opposition lawmaker

OTTAWA , Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to lawmakers Wednesday after an altercation in which he accidentally struck a member of the opposition with his elbow. The incident happened in the House of Commons during discussions for a physician-assisted suicide law. Video of the incident showed Trudeau striding across the chamber toward a group of lawmakers standing on the floor and grabbing opposition whip Gord Brown by the arm, apparently to […]

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Lawmaker advise careful deliberation of BBL

Isabela representative Rodito Albano said that the Congress should carefully deliberate before passing the Bangsamoro Basic Law which will create a Bangsamoro entity which will replace the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, saying that it may be the basis of other autonomous entities in the country.

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