Senate asserting itself with its own Con-Ass
The senators of the country have decided to defend their institution from attempts to abolish it through constitutional amendment in ...
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Ping files Con-Ass reso
Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson yesterday formally asked the Senate, with the approval of three-fourths of its members, to compose ...
SC asked to derail TRAIN
The Supreme Court was asked yesterday to stop the implementation last Jan. 1 of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and ...
Checks and balances in our government
There is a system of checks and balances in our government, designed to avert excesses in the wielding of government ...
Ping scores Alvarez
Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson has called House Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez’s remarks against the Senate as “uncalled for” and ...
PH travel hubs, terminals lack clean CRs
Despite the tourism boom, the country’s travel hubs and public transport terminals lack clean public restrooms, a House of Representatives ...
AFP and PNP salary increase
IT is the season to be jolly indeed for the valiant members of the Philippine National Police and the Armed ...
Solons can resolve their budget differences
In these next few days, our senators and congressmen have to resolve their differences on the National Budget for 2018. ...
House bill prohibiting kids unattended in motor vehicles ok’d
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 6570 that seeks to prohibit anybody ...
Our democracy works – follow the Constitution
THE Sereno impeachment case is back in the news after the week of the ASEAN Summit. Right after the House ...
Just let the process of impeachment proceed
The impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was filed on September 13 by lawyer Lorenzo Gadon and endorsed ...
‘Civil partnership’ and not marriage
There’s a bill in the House of Representatives recognizing, legalizing the unions of members of the LGBT community. It’s called ...
House impeaches Comelec chair
The House of Representatives yesterday voted to impeach Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista who announced earlier in the day ...
Funding the free college tuition bill
In line with the constitutional provision that “The state shall assign the highest budgetary priority to education…,” a total of ...
Duterte backs body cameras for policemen
With the country becoming a "narco-state," President Duterte is amenable to proposals to let policemen wear body cameras during operations ...
CHR fears zero budget
As the Commission on Human Rights budgetary fate hangs in a balance, officials fears that the House of Representatives will ...