Battle over Senate mace turns lethal
Tensions flared after Remulla and some members of the chamber security tried to stop Senators Pia Cayetano and Padilla from escorting a group of supposed…
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Tensions flared after Remulla and some members of the chamber security tried to stop Senators Pia Cayetano and Padilla from escorting a group of supposed…
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The public is asked to believe that the Senate erupted in a leadership crisis this week for institutional reasons.
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The BRC hearings will provide a platform for testimonies, evidence, accountability and, more importantly, be a litmus test of our nation’s political will.
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Yet the underlying reason for the friction in the chamber runs deep, as it involves exposing anomalies in flood mitigation projects spanning multiple…
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Lacson had cast doubt on the credibility of the former Marines, citing logistical and mathematical implausibilities and noting that most of them had been…
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The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has revoked its invitation to the so-called 18 Marines to testify in the flood control probe on Thursday, the first panel…
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The Philippines has qualified its men’s and women’s teams in indoor volleyball events at the Nagoya-Aichi 20th Asian Games this September, Philippine Olympic…
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And now, the real ringleaders of Floodgate are scared s**tless, as they see the return of Marcoleta… as head of a BRC subcommittee specifically laser-focused…
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The Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, or Blue Ribbon Committee, is scheduled to hold its ninth public hearing on 4 June…
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The embattled Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) will receive the final nail on its coffin when the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) convenes…
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The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) General Assembly will suspend the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) in June.
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A Senate sub-panel is set to be formed to resume the stalled high-stakes probe into the alleged corruption scheme involving the flood control projects, Senate…
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Senate committees are the engines of the legislative branch. They are where sprawling, complex policy ideas are hammered into enforceable, practical laws.
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Other senators have been added to the controversial and powerful Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, widely known as the Blue…
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With Pia Cayetano now at the helm of the Blue Ribbon Committee, attention turns to whether the flood control probe will be revived, expanded, or effectively…
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The survival of democratic institutions as respected pillars of governance depends on whether they can recover the qualities that once defined them.
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The drama behind the recent power struggle in the Senate reportedly stemmed from a refusal to play along with the “old boys’ club” in the chamber, and the…
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The House Ad Hoc Committee on Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) approved the proposed Kalinga Bill, short for Komprehensibong Alalay sa…
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