Drilon pushes emergency powers for Rody vs traffic
Senate President Franklin Drilon on Friday filed a proposed measure granting emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte and warned that traffic ...
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Defense chief backs extra powers for Rody
Outgoing Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Wednesday expressed support for the granting of emergency powers to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte ...
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Duterte duns Congress for emergency powers
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that he cannot solve the long-festering traffic problems in Metro Manila unless Congress gives ...
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Transport execs bat for rail to solve traffic woes
Senator JV Ejercito stressed last week the importance of having a well-thought out mass transit system in the country, and batted ...
Read moreAlvarez vows to give Duterte extra powers
DAVAO CITY—Incoming House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday vowed to give President-elect Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to solve the traffic ...
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Emergency powers
If President-elect Rodrigo Duterte would be given emergency powers by Congress to solve the traffic gridlock in Metro Manila, it ...
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