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Measure amending PSA to boost FDI – analysts

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Credit to Author: Mayvelin U. Caraballo, TMT| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:20:28 +0000

PROPOSED amendments to the 84-year-old Public Service Act (PSA) would boost job-generating foreign direct investments (FDI) in the country, but regulators must ensure these would be properly implemented, analysts say. This comes after some lawmakers have criticized the planned amendments, raising concerns that once passed, these would allow foreign companies to fully own certain public […]

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Lagman brands Go ‘poster boy’ of Malasakit Centers

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:36:09 +0000

ALBAY 1st District Edcel Lagman on Wednesday called Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go the “poster boy” Malasakit Centers and sought an investigation, claiming that they were more of a “partisan tool” rather than a…READ

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Lagman warns vs ‘company union’ minority leader in 18th Congress

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:03:38 +0000

WITH a supermajority looming at the House of Representatives, a leader of an independent opposition bloc slammed the possible anointment of a pro-administration lawmaker to head the minority. Albay Rep….READ

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Let ‘supermajority’ and opposition duel for House speakership – Lagman

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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 06:09:31 +0000

Albay 1st Dist. Rep. Edcel Lagman has called on all administration-allied political parties in the House of Representatives to field just one candidate for the speakership who must go head-to-head with a contender from the “genuine” opposition.

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Senate urged to reject ‘draconian’ bills in last sessions 17th Congress

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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 07:44:17 +0000

The Senate should reject proposed “draconian and regressive” laws like the revival of the death penalty in the last few session days of the 17th Congress.

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Jolo bombing no cause Mindanao martial law extension – Lagman

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:52:31 +0000

The deadly church bombing in Jolo, Sulu province, does not justify the extension of martial law in Mindanao, according to opposition Rep. Edcel Lagman.

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Monsod, rights lawyers join chorus vs martial law in Mindanao

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:36:13 +0000

Former Commission on Elections Chair Christian Monsod and human rights lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to nullify the continued imposition of martial law in Mindanao.

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