Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 23:34:12 +0000
Senator Loren Legarda was proclaimed Wednesday as representative-elect of Antique’s lone congressional district.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 23:23:16 +0000
ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda is set to become the next representative of Antique in the House, as results from 17 of the province’s 18 towns on Tuesday indicate that she has defeated former Antique Gov. Exequiel Javier.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:48:27 +0000
Senators on Wednesday ganged up on a “fabulist” congressman for allegedly lying over the 2019 budget issue.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 11:42:08 +0000
AN advocacy group has filed a complaint before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against outgoing Sen. Loren Legarda for alleged violation of election laws. The Filipino League of Advocates for Good…READ
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:32:06 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte’s intervention on Tuesday night failed to break the monthlong deadlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 07:09:48 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Loren Legarda was not keen on returning to the bicameral conference committee if only to “legitimize” the alleged “pork” realignments in the 2019 national budget. Senator Panfilo Lacson shared Legarda’s sentiment as the Senate and the House of Representatives failed to break the deadlock on the budget. “Hardline kami na basta […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:02:51 +0000
Congressional leaders failed to reach a consensus on the 2019 national budget even after meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang on Tuesday night.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:30:50 +0000
They are keeping P75 billion in pork in the final version of the P3.8-trillion national budget proposal for 2019 despite Lacson’s strident objections
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:41:50 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division has rejected the petitions filed against the congressional bid of Senator Loren Legarda in the province of Antique.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:33:39 +0000
Sen. Loren Legarda on Monday said the Senate-House conference committee had agreed to break the impasse over the P3.8-trillion proposed spending bill for 2019, easing worries that the Duterte administration would have to make do with a reenacted 2018 budget this year.
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