Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:54:41 +0000
It was a comedy of errors seemingly inappropriate for a somber occasion on June 25, 1999 at the National Penitentiary—convicted child rapist Eduardo Agbayani was about to be executed by lethal injection.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 02:53:34 +0000
House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo fondly recalled working with former Speaker Prospero Nograles after his sudden death on Sunday.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:44:58 +0000
The economic and trade cooperation between the Philippines and China has been better than ever, House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 08:07:30 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – After failing to reach a consensus following a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte, and senators and leaders of the House of Representatives, Malacañang said it would no longer make any move to break the budget impasse.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:36:28 +0000
The water crisis in Metro Manila is raising calls for transparency in the Duterte administration’s deals with China,
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 23:17:48 +0000
President Duterte has sacked Alexander Balutan as the general manager of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for alleged corruption amid a congressional probe of anomalies in the state-run charity.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:08:36 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo denied Tuesday the latest claim of Sen. Panfilo Lacson that the House of Representatives led by her was manipulating the 2019 budget even after it was ratified.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 03:47:57 +0000
Even after the ratification of the 2019 national budget, Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has allegedly directed the realignments of P25 million budget from the Department of Health (DOH) for her “favored” congressmen.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 08:24:22 +0000
Davao Mayor and presidential daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio is “a rising star in Philippine politics,” House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo believes.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:09:26 +0000
Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has asked the Senate-House conference on the 2019 national budget to provide P350 million for the acquisition of land titles of more than 8,000 urban poor families at the National Government Center (NGC) compound.
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