A dysfunctional Senate (1)
What was constitutionally designed as the chamber of discourse integral to the system of checks and balances has instead morphed into a raucous battle royale…
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What was constitutionally designed as the chamber of discourse integral to the system of checks and balances has instead morphed into a raucous battle royale…
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The battle for control of the Senate is far from over as a tug-of-war erupted yesterday, with the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano bringing the Senate…
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Naisumite na ng House Prosecution Panel sa Senado ang 57-pahinang pre-trial brief kasama ang mga dokumentaryong ebidensiyang kanilang ihaharap sa nakatakdang…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the House of Representatives and the Senate to submit supporting documents explaining hundreds of billions of pesos in…
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Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband Manases “Mans” Carpio owned at least 50 firearms that were not declared through their Statement of Assets,…
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Aside from Senator Joel Villanueva, one male and one female senator are likely to bolt from the Cayetano-led faction, although they remain hesitant to make a…
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‘So if before we were trying to limit corroborative witnesses and select only the most important ones, we wanted to make sure that all testimonies will be…
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Article VI, Section 16(1) requires a majority of all the members. In a 24-member Senate, that means 13. And that is why the talk of a 13th senator joining the…
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Could fresh linguistic constructs outmaneuver the true intent and purpose of what ‘the majority of all its members’ means in the constitutional text?
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What happens if the Senate suddenly finds itself short of the very senators needed to either conduct the trial or to convict?
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The Supreme Court (SC) has suspended lawyer Jesus Falcis from the practice of law for one year after finding him guilty of simple misconduct over a…
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House Lead Public Prosecutor Gerville Luistro on Monday urged the Senate to resolve its leadership dispute before the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara…
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House Lead Public Prosecutor Gerville Luistro said the prosecution panel has expanded its list of witnesses for the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice…
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The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday urged all government agencies to conduct a comprehensive audit of their digital defenses after hackers defaced…
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Malacañang is bent on doing anything it can to convict and disqualify Vice President Sara Duterte from holding public office.
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Dionisio believes each issue is both a governance failure to diagnose and a teaching moment the public cannot afford to ignore.
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He questioned the exclusion of senators who have already taken their oath as senator-judges, including Senators Dela Rosa and Estrada.
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Senator Ping Lacson on Sunday proposed allowing detained senators to attend Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial under police escort, warning that a…
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