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House leaders want no vetoed bill in 18th Congress

August 5, 2019 admin 18th congress, House, Latest News Stories, Nation, President Rodrigo Duterte, veto of bills

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 04:54:21 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Tuesday said they are pushing for monthly meetings with senators, Cabinet members and other key government executives to avoid even a single presidential veto of bills to be approved by the 18th Congress.

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De Lima open to sessions via teleconferencing

August 4, 2019 admin 18th congress, Franklin Drilon, Latest News Stories, Leila de Lima, Nation, Panfilo Lacson, senate teleconferencing, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2019 21:34:54 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Detained Sen. Leila de Lima on Sunday expressed gratitude to two of her colleagues for initiating a move that would allow her to participate in the Senate deliberations from her detention cell at Camp Crame through electronic communications.

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To cut costs, House plans to go ‘paperless’

August 3, 2019 admin 18th congress, Headlines, House of Representatives, Latest News Stories, Nation, paperless house

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 21:55:01 +0000

Remember that joke about legislators being overeager to affix their signature on any document, “even on toilet paper”?

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Church, Congress raise funds for quake-hit Batanes

July 30, 2019 admin 18th congress, batanes earthquakes, catholic cleargy, Headlines, House of Representatives, itbayat earthquakes, itbayat fund raising, Latest News Stories, Nation

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:21:24 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the House of Representatives and the Catholic clergy are raising aid funds for victims of powerful earthquakes that hit the country’s northernmost province of Batanes and killed at least nine people over the weekend.

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Abante vows to be critical but collaborative

July 23, 2019 admin 18th congress, alan pter cayetano, bienvenido abante house minority leader, House of Representatives, Latest News Stories, minority bloc, Nation

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:23:13 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., a pastor and returning lawmaker, formally took the helm of the minority of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, vowing to make it a “critical and collaborative” force, and “not a company union.”

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Bill renewing franchise of ABS-CBN refiled in House

July 23, 2019 admin 18th congress, abs-cbn franchise, House of Representatives, Latest News Stories, micaela violago, Nation, Rodrigo Duterte

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:16:44 +0000

Nueva Ecija 2nd District Rep. Micaela Violago has refiled in the 18th Congress a bill renewing ABS-CBN Corp.’s franchise, which will expire on March 30, 2020.

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Cayetano sees House of the People; Sotto vows Senate independence

July 22, 2019 admin 18th congress, alan peter cayetano, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, Rodrigo Duterte, sona2019, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:27:06 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, without the anticipated scenarios complicating Monday’s vote.

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Palace: House can freely elect next Speaker even with Cayetano endorsement

July 19, 2019 admin 18th congress, alan cayetno, congressmen, house speaker, Latest News Stories, lord allan velasco, martin romualdez, Nation, news, Paolo Duterte, Philippines, President, Presidential Spokesperson, Rodrigo Duterte, Salvador Panelo

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:39:29 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte will let Congressmen freely choose their Speaker on Monday, the opening of the 18th Congress.

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Sona novelty: Orchestral maneuvers in the House

July 17, 2019 admin 18th congress, Headlines, House of Representatives, Joyce Bernal, Latest News Stories, Nation, philippine philharmonic orchestra, ppo, Rodrigo Duterte, sona 2019

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:36:29 +0000

For the first time, an orchestra will perform live for a State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the House of Representatives

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People’s Sona to tackle things Duterte failed to do

July 16, 2019 admin 18th congress, House of Representatives, Makabayan bloc, Rodrigo Duterte, sona 2019, State of the Nation Address, Uncategorized, united people’s sona 2019

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:53:33 +0000

The United People’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) will discuss issues that President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has supposedly failed to address, the Makabayan bloc said on Tuesday.

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