Gov’t should prepare for war with MILF — solon
WITH NON-PASSAGE OF BBL The Philippine government should now prepare to fight the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MIFL) given the impending failure of the House of Representatives to pass the proposed...
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Comelec’s OMR lease move hit
An election watchdog and opposition lawmakers yesterday took turns in criticizing the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision to lease more than 93,000 optical mark readers (OMR) for the 2016...
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Leni tells Grace: Jesse never acquired foreign citizenship
Perhaps in trying to play down her acquired US citizenship which legal and unconstitutional questions she faces today in her bid to run for the presidency, Sen. Grace Poe, in Pangasinan, compared her...
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Zero budget for OFWs’ legal assistance in ’16
As the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)’s vote is not that important to the administration for the 2016 presidential elections, the OFW sector is no longer in the radar of priorities of the Aquino...
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Solons praise DILG’s new chief: LP’s Sarmiento
Lawmakers yes-terday welcomed the appointment of a member of the House of Repre-sentatives as the replacement for Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas who is set to...
View Article2 Noy allies in collision course over ‘Yolanda’ aid
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) fund for survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” continues to be a controversial topic for two allies of President Aquino as Liberal Party (LP)...
View ArticleVP hits confusing polls; Noy’s LP camp elated
While Vice President Jejomar Binay continued to hit opinion polling firms for the confusing questions they used in their surveys which generate a different public perception, the administration camp...
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GAA oozing with LP campaign funds — solon
A member of the House of Representatives yesterday filed amendments to House Bill (HB) 6132, or the 2016 General Ap-propriations Bill (GAB), believing that the national budget for next year is designed...
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NPC still undecided on presidential bet
With the fate of at least two presidential candidates for the May 2016 elections still hanging, major political parties, including the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), have yet to decide on who to...
View ArticleReyes refuses to vacate House seat, HRET vote inconclusive
Marinduque Rep. Regina Reyes yesterday said that she is not going to vacate her seat as representative of her district because the four-three vote in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal...
View Article‘My father is not a dictator,’ says Duterte son
The youngest son of presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte took the cudgels for his father who is accused of being a potential dictator leader by his critics.Sebastian “Baste” Duterte...
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Binay, Poe junk report of dropping out of race
Political horse trading has become the favorite topic a few days before the elections but those allegedly involved accused the dominant Liberal Party (LP) of attempting to muddle the campaigns of...
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2,300 VCMs conked out; Comelec to charge Smartmatic
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) admitted yesterday 2,300 or 2.55 percent of 92,509 vote counting machines (VCMs) used throughout the country malfunctioned during the elections with some 150 units...
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More vote count anomalies unraveled
Senators also demand answers from Comelec, Smartmatic It seems not only the vice presidential quick count is marred with vote shaving and padding but that the vote anomaly has also extended to the...
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LP decimated as stalwarts lead jump into PDP-Laban
Once, the Liberal Party (LP) membership was described as being small enough to fit in a Volkswagen beetle car but grew to be the biggest party in 2010 when President Aquino was installed as the Chief...
View ArticleAlvarez: No pork in House
There will be no pork barrel or lump sum allocations for members of Congress, period. Presumptive Speaker Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez issued this statement yesterday as he reiterated...
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Rumble at House for minority post
As expected, the House of Representatives yesterday una-nimously elected Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez as Speaker of the 17th Congress but not before a controversy erupted on the...
View ArticleMinority post feud drives wedge in House
House members lambasted the chamber’s leadership for ramming into their throats a minority bloc that was established by the so-called super majority of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.According to Albay Rep....
View ArticlePartylist solons tiptoe Duterte’s abolition call
In a hastily-called caucus, at least 30 party-list representatives yesterday agreed to heed the advice of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that discretion is the better part of valor in challenging President...
View ArticleAtienza blames Joma for Plaza Miranda bombing
Buhay partylist Rep. Lito Atienza yesterday blamed National Democratic Front founding chairman Joma Sison as the person behind the bloody Plaza Miranda bombing on Aug. 21, 1971 that killed nine persons...
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