Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:20:00 +0000
Will the next minority leader of the House of Representatives again come from a “company union?”
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:11:43 +0000
The three top candidates for the House leadership finally met face-to-face on Thursday night with presumptive Speaker and Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:32:33 +0000
Who is trying to undermine President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice of Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano as Speaker of the House of Representatives?
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:18:07 +0000
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio denied Tuesday night that she was behind a text message circulating among lawmakers asking them to reject Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano as the next House Speaker.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:11:47 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would take full responsibility if two of his closest allies in the Senate — Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa — would misbehave.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:01:39 +0000
Two of the President’s children — Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio — met with House members vying for the speakership in the 18th Congress in Davao City on Saturday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 13:30:09 +0000
Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya has filed a bill banning classes scheduled to start earlier than 8:30 a.m. in schools under the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 13:10:45 +0000
Pro-death penalty senators should tackle their proposals “immediately,” Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:01:53 +0000
The Senate will prioritize measures seeking to increase the salaries of public school teachers, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri vowed Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 04:50:31 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said Senate is open to deliberate on the absolute divorce bill
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