EPIRA overhaul gathers steam
Two bills were filed in the Senate on Tuesday seeking to scrap system loss charges and the value-added tax (VAT) on consumers’ electricity bills, in what could…
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Two bills were filed in the Senate on Tuesday seeking to scrap system loss charges and the value-added tax (VAT) on consumers’ electricity bills, in what could…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered an 80-minute State of the Nation Address on Monday. Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano devoted an hour the…
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A senator’s chief of staff (CoS) has had enough. After what insiders described as months of quiet suffering, the CoS is finally walking away — his resignation…
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Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police General Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. ordered a thorough investigation Tuesday into an explosion near the Department…
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The Senate minority bloc, led by Senator Alan Cayetano, has allegedly attempted to derail the resumption of the flood control probe in the face of Senator Ping…
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Members of the House Prosecution panel sought for the Senate impeachment court to consider an alternating sequence of evidence presentation when it came to the…
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Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendana expressed disappointment over President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s failure to mention the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity…
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The House Committee on Energy is moving to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) with the goal of removing the controversial "system loss"…
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The Senate opposition bloc, except for Senator Camille Villar, boycotted President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on Monday,…
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Senate President Sherwin "Win" Gatchalian on Monday outlined the chamber's priority measures during the Senate’s first session, with a focus on lowering the…
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Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that some of the senator-judges put a premium on strict legal technicalities rather than on the liberalities of political…
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And where is she? Not in the courtroom. Not answering the charges herself. She left for Europe, ostensibly to visit her father, who is himself in The Hague…
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House prosecutor Rep. Gerville Luistro urged the Senate to allow both sides in Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial to fully explain their responses…
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Fire sprinklers give homeowners a sense of safety. They can do more than suppress fires, though. A pole dancer in Texas discovered that the hard way while…
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The majority of senators have rejected Vice President Sara Duterte’s request that the chamber pay for a catering service for her defense team during her…
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The true measure of any political undertaking is not the attention it commands but the benefits it delivers to the people.
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Days before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address, lawmakers warned that the Philippines still lacks more than 166,000…
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The Supreme Court (SC) has trained more than 1,000 judges, clerks of court, legal researchers, stenographers and other court personnel nationwide under its…
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