Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:11:52 +0000
THE Supreme Court “severely reprimanded” and issued a “stern warning” to Manila Times senior reporter Jomar Canlas over the publication of his article on the citizenship of Sen. Grace Poe…READ
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:22:14 +0000
TRANSPORTATION Secretary Arthur Tugade still enjoys the trust and confidence of President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang said on Thursday, amid calls for him to resign over the worsening traffic situation in…READ
Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:52:43 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, chaired by Senator Grace Poe is ready to probe the plan to increase fees for automated teller machines (ATM) which she said would be “disadvantageous” to Filipinos. Poe has filed Senate Resolution No. 96, seeking an inquiry on the looming increase in ATM fees. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 17:04:37 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Building intermodal transport terminals within Metro Mania and putting up elevated walkways were just some of the suggestions lawmakers made in an effort to solve the worsening traffic along the capital’s busiest thoroughfare. On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Public Services conducted a hearing regarding the implementation of the provincial bus ban […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:23:52 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — A law should not be used to weaken the mechanisms of democracy. This was what Senator Grace Poe said Tuesday amid a proposal to put back a law criminalizing subversion. “Ang alam ko, hindi ito kinatigan ng korte, kaya nga hindi natuloy,” Poe told reporters at the Senate when asked about her […]
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 07:13:43 +0000
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday said she will call for a Senate hearing on the Edsa provincial bus ban as the MMDA
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 00:58:03 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Grace Poe, daughter of the late movie icon Fernando Poe Jr., filed bills aimed at further promoting local movies and film tourism.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 15:33:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — After Sen. Grace Poe sought an explanation amid the problems encountered by the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3), the Department of Transport (DOTr) made a clarification — the state of the train line is not worsening. “First, we would like to clarify, once and for all, that it’s not true that […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:16:34 +0000
Senator Grace Poe asked the DOTr to explain how they are addressing recent problems with the Metro Rail Transport-3 (MRT-3).
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 03:25:14 +0000
Malacañang is “optimistic” that the 18th Congress will “swiftly” pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, one of the priority legislations of President Rodrigo Duterte that remains pending.
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