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House policy on death penalty sparks outrage

OPPOSITION lawmakers on Thursday warned Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez that he was bringing the House down with his policy to punish allies who vote against...

‘Death bill targets threat to Speaker’

SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez has imposed a policy to sanction House leaders who vote against the death penalty bill to neutralize the threat he perceives...

Death bill may doom some lawmakers

LAWMAKERS stand to lose key committee chairmanships after today’s vote on the watered down death penalty bill. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, secretary general of the ruling...

House to pass shaved version of death bill

THE House of Representatives is poised to pass next week a watered-down version of the Palace-backed death penalty bill, taking out rape from the...

House takes up death bill

REP. Fredenil Castro said Sunday at least 220 members of the House of Representatives would vote to pass the death penalty bill. He said the...

On death penalty bill: Plum posts at stake

THE leaders of the House of Representatives will be stripped of their posts if they vote against the passage of the Palace-backed death penalty...

Senate killed death penalty bill in 2006

A TOTAL of 6,204 people were sentenced to life in prison instead of death for committing heinous crimes after the death penalty was abolished...

Death penalty debate blocked, postponed

The House of Representatives on Tuesday postponed  deliberations on the Palace-backed death penalty on a question of quorum raised by Buhay party-list Rep. Lito...

Opposition seeks vote on death bill

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House to pass death penalty bill at all costs

THE House of Representatives will pass the Palace-backed death penalty bill at all cost, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Tuesday. Alvarez said the Lower House...

The year that was, what’s next

The year 2016 is coming to an end and we cannot help but look back at what we have accomplished this year. After the...

House okays reimposition of death penalty next year

VOTING 12-6-1, the House committee on justice on Wednesday approved the committee report reimposing death penalty on illegal drugs and heinous crimes in the...

Alvarez to Catholic Church: Stay off death penalty issue

SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday appealed to the Catholic Church not to meddle in the efforts of the House of Representatives to pass the...

Death penalty bill done by Christmas

SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday said the House of Representatives was hopeful of passing the proposal seeking to reimpose death penalty on heinous crimes...
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