Solon wants WP program strengthened
An opposition lawmaker on Monday called on the leadership of the House of Representatives to fast-track the passage of the ...
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Lawmakers air opposition vs. bill on foreign ownership
Opposition lawmakers on Thursday thumbed down the bill which supposedly allows full foreign ownership of public utilities. Albay Rep. Edcel ...
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House bloc bats for ABS-CBN permit renewal
The Makabayan Bloc in the House of Representatives on Monday filed a bill renewing the franchise of broadcast network ABS-CBN. ...
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Second tranche of SSS pension long overdue, lawmaker says
A congressman on Monday called on the Social Security System to release the second tranche of the pension increase ordered ...
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Militants: No to martial law extension
The Makabayan Bloc in the House of Representatives on Wednesday thumbed down National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon’s proposal to extend ...
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Taguig lawmaker stirs furor over term limit
Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Sunday hit Taguig City-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano for proposing to extend the ...
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Youth chief draws flak over anti-left quip
A militant lawmaker on Thursday slammed National Youth Commission chairperson Ronald Cardema over the latter’s alleged electioneering and threat to ...
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Solon seeks to file raps vs. erring ERC execs
A militant legislator on Wednesday called for a probe with the end of filing criminal charges against Energy Regulatory Commission ...
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House solon pushes inquiry into blackouts
A leftist lawmaker on Tuesday appealed to the House leadership to give priority to a measure he filed in 2017 ...
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Negros top cop also figured in hitman’s slay, solon says
A chief of police who was recently removed from his post over the killing of 14 farmers in Negros Oriental ...
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