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House adopts Senate version of bill granting “necessary, proper” powers to President Duterte to address COVID-19 national emergency

March 24, 2020

(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 24, adopted the Senate version of the bill giving President Rodrigo Duterte additional powers to address the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency. With the adoption of the Bayanihan We Heal As One Act, or Senate Bill No. 1413, the Senate and the House of Representatives will no longer have to convene into a bicameral conference to thresh out differences in the versions passed by each chamber of Congress. […]

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AFP: Mindanao to remain under state of national emergency even with lapse of martial law today

December 31, 2019

(Eagle News)–Mindanao will remain under a state of national emergency even if martial law there lapses. This is according to Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo, who issued a statement hours before martial law was set to lapse at 11:59 p.m. today. Arevalo said the state of national emergency was by virtue of Proclamation No. 55 which was declared after a bombing incident in Davao City just a few months into the […]

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Trump threatens to declare national emergency over border wall fight

January 11, 2019

by Eleonore Sens / with Sebastian Smith in Washington Agence France Presse McAllen, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump has again threatened to declare a national emergency along the border with Mexico as he seeks funding for a wall he says will keep out dangerous immigrants — his latest jab in a fight with Democrats in Congress that has now shut down parts of the government for a record-tying 21 days. Such a declaration, […]

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