The House of Representatives on Tuesday defended the legality of a hybrid session it conducted Monday night, which saw the approval of several key bills, among them the reform of the pension system for military and uniformed personnel and the fiscal regime for the mining industry. “It’s not a hybrid midnight session. It’s an authorized […]
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Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday questioned how the Office of the Vice President spent P125 million in confidential funds in 11 days in 2022 as she compared it to the Philippine Coast Guard’s P117 million confidential budget spread over 17 years. “Our Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea monitors China’s tantrums every day. It […]
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The bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) on Tuesday deferred the deliberations on Dr. Teodoro Herbosa’s designation as Secretary of the Department of Health (DOH). Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte, the CA majority leader for the House contingent, moved to suspend the confirmation of Herbosa’s appointment due to “lack of material time.” Senator Christopher Go, […]
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Foreigners may secure seats in the board of directors of Philippine corporations with foreign equity and engaged in public utilities and in partially-nationalized activity based only on their “actual” and “allowable” shares, the Department of Justice said in a legal opinion addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said that […]
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Incredible accomplishment. That one, after the Philippine Coast Guard removed a “floating barrier” installed by China southeast of Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, which lies within Manila’s 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. Philippine authorities, complying with the instructions of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., carried out “a special operation” to get rid of the estimated 300-meter […]
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