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(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 30, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the Philippine Identification System. The ratification of the measure that aims to establish a national ID system came a day after the Senate ratified the same. The reconciled version will now be sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for his signature. The Palace has said the President would sign the measure as soon as it reaches his desk. […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate on Tuesday, May 29, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the Philippine Identification System Act that seeks to establish a national ID system. Only Senator Risa Hontiveros registered a no-vote on the report. The ratification came a day before Congress was slated to adjourn sine die. Senator Ping Lacson, chair of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs, said the measure aims to reconcile government IDs into a system called PhilSys. Leftist […]
Trillanes denies issuing threats vs man who charged him with sedition, rebellion raps (Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Labor Undersecretary Jing Paras figured in a heated exchange in the Senate on Tuesday, May 29. Trillanes was seen rejecting the handshake of Paras, who at that time was seen standing at the VIP gallery with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. Trillanes, however, shook Duque’s hand. The opposition senator was also seen pointing fingers at Paras, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, reiterated the proposal to revive the death penalty has more chances of being approved in the Upper House if it was to be limited only to those convicted of high-level drug trafficking. He said the same could not be said of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption proposal to include rebellion, terrorism and plunder on the list of crimes penalized by death. […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service House leaders have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure that seeks to provide for a Bangsamoro Basic Law and to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In asking Duterte to make the certification on House Bill 6475, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority leader Rodolfo Farinas said they aimed to pass the measure on third reading “before the sine die adjournment of Congress on […]
(Eagle News) — Newly elected Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, said he wants his predecessor, Koko Pimentel, to head the chamber’s ethics panel. “I was thinking he would take over that committee..,” Sotto said at a weekly forum. According to Sotto, Pimentel “has the stature, his work ethics is impeccable.” He said, however, that he has not talked to Pimentel about the possibility yet. The Senate ethics panel is currently headed by […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is seeking an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the Marawi siege, and into the status of Marawi City’s rehabilitation. Trillanes filed Senate Resolution 743 and Senate Resolution 742 on Wednesday, May 23, exactly a year after members of Maute and the Abu Sayyaf attacked the capital of Lanao del Sur in an alleged bid to establish an Islamic State caliphate. In filing Senate Resolution 743, Trillanes said […]
(Eagle News) – A bicameral conference committee approved on Monday, May 21, a measure strengthening the compliance of employers with occupational safety and health standards. Senator Joel Villanueva said Senate Bill No. 1317 or “An Act Strengthening Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS) and Providing Penalties for Violations Thereof” seeks to amend the 41-year old Labor Code of the Philippines which, at present, the senator said, does not declare fines or penalties for […]
(Eagle News) – “This is an example of a peaceful and willing transfer of power in the Senate.” With this statement, Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III nominated Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III as the new Senate President on Monday, May 21, 2018, and formally stepped out of his post. Pimentel said this has long been in the discussion table and that he is truly supportive of the new Senate President. Majority of […]
(Eagle News)– Senators are poised to name Tito Sotto as their new leader, after a draft resolution “expressing the sense of the Senate to reorganize its leadership and electing” him as such was signed by 13 senators, or more than half of the 24 lawmakers in the Upper House. The draft resolution aimed at naming Senate President Koko Pimentel’s successor was signed by Senators Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, JV Ejercito, Chiz Escudero, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard […]
(Eagle News) — Two lawmakers have rejected the Coalition for Justice’s call for the Senate to ask the Supreme Court to suspend the quo warranto proceedings against Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno. According to Senator Francis Escudero, in the first place, the House of Representatives “has not yet even impeached her.” “There is no impeachment case before the Senate to even speak of. It would be presumptuous, to say the least, for the Senate […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate will push through with legislation that will strengthen the rights of workers to security of tenure. According to Senate President Koko Pimentel, who issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order to that effect on Tuesday, May 1, on Labor Day, it will be a priority bill of the Senate when it resumes session on May 15. “The EO, whatever is in there, is a guide […]
