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(Eagle News) — Members of the House of Representatives and of the Senate met in a bicameral conference committee meeting on Monday, July 9, to reconcile their versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Twenty-nine senators and congressmen trooped to a hotel in Ortigas to attend the five-day meeting aimed at ensuring the passage of the law President Rodrigo Duterte has said would bring lasting peace in Mindanao. “Napag-agreehan naman na yung mga madaling provisions […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, July 5, expressed support for Senator Grace Poe’s call for a probe into the Philippine National Police’s purchase of Mahindra police patrol jeeps worth P1.8 billion in 2015, saying all officials involved, including then-Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, should be summoned. In a press conference, Lacson, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, said he would call for a hearing if the resolution […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator JV Ejercito, the two recent killings of mayors, if proven to be connected, were “probably intended to shame the government.” “I’m a little bit alarmed kasi two days dalawang mayors,” he told reporters, referring to the slays of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote. Halili was shot as he was presiding over the city’s flag-raising ceremony on Monday, July 2. A day later, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is seeking an investigation into the Philippine National Police’s intensified campaign against loiterers. In filing Senate Resolution No. 775, Trillanes said the drive “poses a grave threat to human rights of Filipinos and violates due process of law.” Trillanes noted that the drive has resulted in the death of detainee Genesis Argoncillo. The police, said, however, that Argoncillo was arrested for “alarm and scandal.” Earlier, Senator Bam Aquino sfiled […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, June 19, said she had yet to decide whether she would run for public office in 2019. In a television interview, Sereno said an announcement on what her decision was would be made “at the right time.” “Some people believe it should be in the halls of the Senate where that voice is heard. Some others are saying, ‘No, no, it must be always […]
(Eagle News) — Suportado ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang planong paglilipat ng Senado sa Bonifacio Global City sa Taguig sa taong 2020. “Anywhere the Senate wants to build it, we will say Amen,” ayon sa Pangulo. Ayon sa Pangulo, alam umano niyang nagrerenta lamang ang Senate sa gusali ng Government Service Insurance System at maging ang pag-gamit ng parking lot sa Social Security System sa Pasay City simula pa noong 1996. “They are occupying a […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras has filed charges for grave threats against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The charges filed before the Pasay Prosecutors Office stem from their heated exchange in the Senate on May 29. The exchange took place after Paras filed inciting to sedition charges against Trillanes. In his complaint, Paras accused Trillanes, a former military man, of issuing threats against him in four separate instances in thirty minutes in the Upper […]
Detained De Lima attends least number of sessions; Trillanes attends second-least number (Eagle News) –Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri, Ping Lacson, now-Senate President Tito Sotto and his predecessor Koko Pimentel registered a perfect attendance during the 2nd regular session of the 17th Congress. The four senators attended all 79 sessions of the Senate, according to Senate records. Sotto, Pimentel, and Lacson were never late in any session. Zubiri, on the other hand, was late once because […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Several senators defended the plan to have a multi-billion Senate building constructed in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. According to Senator Ping Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on finance, the P127 million per year rental that the Senate is paying the (Government Service Insurance System) for a “subpar legislative building is our main reason for finding a need to look for a new and permanent home.” He said this was […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano will run for senator in 2019. This was after Alejano accepted the nomination of his party to run for the post. “ I have the duty to prepare and equip myself for the tasks ahead,” Alejano said in a statement on Tuesday, June 5. Alejano thanked his colleagues in the Magdalo party, “especially” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for their nomination. “I submit to the direction and wisdom of […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, May 31, lauded the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. “We are pleased that both houses passed their respective versions of the BBL. The certification was a signal that the President considers the BBL as absolutely indispensable in the search for peace in Mindanao,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He said Malacanang was also “pleased that both houses of Congress […]
Fails to pass P1.16-billion proposed Dengvaxia supplemental budget By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law which President Rodrigo Duterte said would provide lasting peace in Mindanao hurdled the Senate on the last day of session. The measure garnered a unanimous vote from the senators, who all voted except for Senator Manny Pacquiao, who was in General Santos at that time, and Leila de Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame over […]
