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(Eagle News)–Current members of the minority bloc in the Senate have “no complaints” about Senator Tito Sotto as leader of the Upper Chamber. Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon said in an interview over radio dzbb on Sunday, June 2, that he and his fellow minority members, however, will not sign the resolution of Senator Panfilo Lacson that aims to determine how many senators indeed back Sotto’s leadership. Lacson drafted the resolution after Senators-elect Imee Marcos […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is throwing his support behind ABS Rep. Eugene De Vera in the squabble over who should be the minority bloc leader following the change of leadership in the House of Representatives. Alvarez himself made the pronouncement in a meeting of PDP-Laban members on Thursday, Aug. 2, breaking his silence for the first time since he was removed as Speaker by a majority of his colleagues in the […]
(Eagle News)—-Rep. Miro Quimbo on Sunday, July 30, said it was up to newly elected Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to decide who would be the minority in the House of Representatives. Quimbo made the pronouncement in an interview over radio dzbb, following differing positions on who should constitute the bloc under Arroyo’s leadership. Rep. Edcel Lagman said that under the rules, those who did not vote for Arroyo as Speaker should automatically comprise the new […]
(Eagle News)–The Magnificent 7 will “actively vie” for the leadership of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives, where changes are expected with the election of Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the new Speaker. According to Rep. Edcel Lagman, under House rules, those who abstained from voting for Arroyo would constitute the minority. Apart from the Magnificent 7 composed of Lagman, Akbayan Party-list Rep. Tom Villarin, Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinagbibitiw na ng minority bloc sa Kamara si National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino. Ito ay matapos maalarma ang mga kongresista sa pahayag ng ahensya na pang-isang araw na lang ang stock ng NFA rice. Ayon kay House Minority leader Danilo Suarez, nakaka-alarma na ang sitwasyon dahil posible itong samantalahin ng mga tiwaling rice traders. “Wala na, hindi na pinatatagal yung ganyang kapalpakan. Voluntarily he should not wait anymore […]
(Eagle News) — Take a leave of absence or resign. This was the message of minority bloc solons in the House of Representatives to Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who has been accused of incompetence after a P6.4-billion drug shipment entered the country. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency National Capital Region chief Wilkins Villanueva also accused Faeldon of refusing to conduct a “control-delivery” of the six crates containing the illegal substance found in Valenzuela warehouses in May, […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana emphasized on Wednesday that President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao was “imperative.” Lorenzana issued the statement after minority bloc senators noted the defense secretary had said in a May 29 executive session that security forces could contain the Maute group in Marawi even without the martial law proclamation. The senators made the revelation in arguing for the convening of a joint session of Congress that […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the minority bloc in the Senate on Tuesday reiterated their call for a joint session of Congress to deliberate on the basis of the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that while they expressed “unanimous support” for government forces fighting in Marawi, and “recognize the gravity of the situation there,” there was still a need to discuss whether the declaration of martial law was “the right response of […]
(Eagle News) — When the President of the Philippines and members of the Senate sit together at a long table and have an intimate dinner, what exactly do they talk about? Absolutely nothing that serious, at least according to the senators themselves. “Nothing official,” Senator Tito Sotto said when asked what he and his colleagues discussed with President Rodrigo Duterte during the meal. A picture of the rare gathering was uploaded by Senator JV Ejercito in his Twitter account on Tuesday night, drawing reactions ranging from […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Tuesday denied allegations President Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in the ouster of Liberal Party senators and their ally from committee chairmanships and the president pro-tempore post. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the President was unlike former President Benigno Aquino III, who used his position to remove a sitting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Panelo was referring to then-Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was […]
