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By Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country’s cultural, gender and political divides. The near party-line vote was 50-48, capping a fight that seized the national conversation after claims emerged […]
(Eagle News)–“Sayang.” Senator Koko Pimentel said it would be a waste if Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque would decide not to run for a Senate seat in 2019. In a radio interview, Pimentel noted that Roque’s expertise as a lawyer was international law. As such, he said Roque could be nominated as the new chair of the Senate committee on foreign relations, with incumbent chair Senator Loren Legarda graduating soon. “Eksaktong eksakto sana kasi dumadami na […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque to not run for a Senate seat in 2019, and offered him another job instead. In a speech before Philippine Military Academy alumni on Thursday, Oct. 4, Duterte said Roque will, after all, not win because the military does not like him. In a press conference on Friday, Oct. 5, Roque confirmed Duterte indeed offered him a job in government, but he did not […]
(Eagle News) — Detained former senator Bong Revilla is running for a Senate seat in 2019. This is according to his party, the Lakas-CMD, which issued a statement on Friday, Oct. 5. “This decision was reached after a series of consultations with his family, close friends, constituents and political leaders,” former Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, Lakas-CMD president, said. According to Romualdez, Revilla’s “passion and dedication to serve the people will bring positive change and help […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo is running for a Senate seat in 2019. In a statement, Atty. Romulo Macalintal said he decided to run upon the prodding of senior citizens and persons with disabilities. “Maraming pangangailangan ang ating mga kapatid na senior citizen at persons with disabilities. Mula sa kanilang kalusugan, kabuhayan, pati na rin kapakanan. Sila ay dumaraing ngunit hindi nila maipaglaban ang kanilang karapatan.Marami sa kanila ang nais […]
(Eagle News) — The number of senatorial bets running under the PDP-Laban ticket is now down to “five or six.” This is according to Senator Koko Pimentel, who had said he had sent an initial list of 24 possible senatorial bets to President Rodrigo Duterte, the PDP-Laban chair, in August. According to Pimentel, the number was reduced after some decided to run for other posts such as Quirino Rep. Dakila Carlo Dax Cua, who said he […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service For some senators, Mocha Uson did just the right thing when she resigned as assistant secretary at the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “Palagay ko it’s a good move on her part kasi sabi ko nga, ang hirap magbalanse. Blogger ka tapos public official ka, so of course you will be constrained, medyo may konting restriction,” Senator JV Ejercito said. According to Ejercito now that Uson has resigned, “she has […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV left the Senate on Saturday, Sept. 29, almost a month after he had been holed up in the building following news of the issuance of Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007 respectively void ab initio. Pictures showed Trillanes packing his things before his departure, which took place a day after Judge Andres Soriano of […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will not likely leave the Senate office yet after he returned late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 26, shortly after posting a P200,000 bail before the Makati regional trial court which issued an arrest warrant for his rebellion case in connection with his participation in the 2007 Manila Peninsula Siege. Trillanes said he is not yet ready to go home “unless this issue has been formally settled.” He said […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe is likely to top the senatorial elections should they be held around this time, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. According to the survey conducted from Sept. 1 to 7, Poe garnered a voter preference of 70.1 percent, making her the only individual in the top spot. In second to third place was Senator Cynthia Villar, who got a voter preference of 57.7 percent. Rep. Pia Cayetano occupies the second to […]
(Eagle News)—-Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has yet to decide whether she will run for a Senate seat in 2019. Sereno made the remark after visiting Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in his office in the Senate on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Sereno later met with Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Liberal Party president. Sereno was in the list of possible senatorial bets released by the opposition recently. She was ousted as Chief Justice via a quo warranto […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno visited Senator Anotnio Trillanes IV in his Senate office at noon today, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Trillanes and Sereno, along with their key staff members, were having lunch inside the senator’s office as of press time. Both are vocal critics of administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Sereno had been ousted due to a petition for quo warranto filed by Solicitor General Jose […]
