ALVAREZ IS MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE MEMBER
₱30.4 million went to office consultants Former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is Number One in the list of biggest spenders in the House of Representatives for 2017, according to the […]
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A snake in the grass
Being “immoral” is only one of the many “sins” of Speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez. He is accused of breaking up the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP), the party that helped propel […]
COUP D’ETAT VS. SPEAKER ALVAREZ?
DEATH PENALTY BILL LOOMING AS DEATH SENTENCE VS. ALVAREZ SPEAKERSHIP ATIENZA: We should find another Speaker BY ROGER M. BALANZA Philippine legislators are dismayed at being arm-twisted into supporting a […]
DUTERTE WANTS PARTTLIST SYSTEM ABOLISHED
Partylist lawmakers: Not abolition, but reform By Cielito M. Reganit President Rodrigo Duterte’s has called for the abolition of the partylist system under a proposed federal government. But two partylist […]
DUTERTE TO ABOLISH CONGRESS IF LAWMAKERS WON’T GIVE UP PORK BARREL
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned of a revolutionary government should Congress not scrap the pork barrel fund of lawmakers. Duterte said he would move to dissolve Congress and impose […]
Davao businesswoman backs amendments to economic provisions of Constitution.
A Davao City businesswoman has urged passage of a proposed law aiming to remove restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution and allow entry of more foreign investments. Nicole Bian of […]
Political nincompoopism: Aquino as Roxas’ vice president
Despondency can bring out the craziest of ideas. In politics, dispondency can inflict acute nincompoopism that breeds bizarre ideas. Thanks to Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, the prelude to the […]
ISABELA SOLON TAGGED AS ‘CONGRESSMAN MARIJUANA’
A member of the Philippine Congress has earned the tag ‘Congressman Marijuana’ for his authorship of a law legalizing use of marijuana for medical purposes. Firing at Isabela Representative Rodolfo […]
