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Solon: Sara Duterte accepted my apology over speaker race ‘text’ issue

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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:58:25 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte -Carpio has accepted his apology after he showed a text message supposedly from the presidential daughter that she was urging legislators to reject President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice for House speaker.

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‘Speakership race far from over,’ says Zarate

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:10:00 +0000

With barely a week before the opening of the 18th Congress, the battle for the House speakership is far from over despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s endorsement of Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, the Makabayan bloc said on Tuesday.

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Text stirs talk of House members unhappy with speakership deal

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:32:33 +0000

Text stirs talk of House members unhappy with speakership deal

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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‘Not mine,’ Sara Duterte says of text urging Cayetano’s rejection

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:18:07 +0000

Text message sent to Mike Defensor

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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Paolo Duterte backs out of speakership race, backs Ungab bid

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 21:07:48 +0000

Paolo Duterte backs out of speakership race, backs Ungab bid

Davao City Rep. Paolo “Polong” Duterte on Saturday backed out of the race for the House speakership after consulting his father, President Rodrigo Duterte.

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LOOK: Duterte siblings meet with bets for Speaker

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2019 13:01:39 +0000

Lord Allan Velasco - Paolo Duterte - Sara Duterte Carpio - Alan Peter Cayetano - Martin Romualdez

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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PDP-Laban assures no vote-buying in Speakership race

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 07:29:13 +0000

Ruling party Partido Demokratiko Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) assured on Wednesday that its members are not engaged in vote-buying

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Pacquiao: ‘Dangerous’ to pick Speaker who’s not from PDP-Laban

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:48:12 +0000

Pacquiao: ‘Dangerous’ to pick Speaker who’s not from PDP-Laban

It would be “dangerous” to select a House Speaker who is not from the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), Sen. Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday.

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Down to 2 for Speaker, but Duterte keeps them guessing

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 21:05:29 +0000

The 54-strong party list bloc has narrowed down its pick for the next Speaker to two candidates —Representatives-elect Martin Romualdez of Leyte and Lord Allan Velasco of Marinduque — who have shown they are “truly serious” and sincere, according to leaders of the coalition.

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Pacquiao to announce PDP-Laban bet for speakership – Pimentel

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 15:51:07 +0000

Manny Pacquiao - Aquilino Pimentel III - others

MANILA, Philippines — The leaders of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) have given Sen. Manny Pacquiao the task of announcing the ruling party’s official contender for the speakership race in the House after an agreed-upon process. Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, the PDP-Laban president, bared this after their Tuesday dinner-meeting with former Davao del […]

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