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‘Defer oil tax hike or fuel price spiral’

Senator Francis Escudero on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider the implementation of the second tranche of the excise tax on fuel, or...

Opposition solons hit lone qualifying telco bidder

Opposition senators on Thursday questioned why there was only one qualified bidder for the entry of a third telecoms operator in the Philippines. They also...

Drilon slams malversation case filed against him

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday bewailed as “a clear political harassment” the filing before the Office of the Ombudsman of a malversation...

Oil tax freeze snowballing

Minority senators have filed a joint resolution suspending the excise tax on fuel under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law and mandating...

Focus on Philippine woes, not Cha-Cha–LP

Congress should stop wasting its time on Charter change and instead focus on the problems of inflation, lack of jobs and rising criminality, Senate...

Bicam OKs stronger SSS pension fund

To ensure that more Filipinos would be covered by the Social Security System so they could build better homes for their retirement, the Senate...

Another oil price hike in the offing

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Only 115k work permits issued to aliens since 2015

The Department of Labor and Employment has expressed concern over a report on the increasing number of illegal foreign workers in the country. “Whether it...

Missing mayors amid ‘Ompong’ face dismissal

The Interior department on Wednesday threatened to impose the maximum penalty—dismissal from office—on mayors who were absent from their posts during the critical stages...

‘Commissions’ spark House fracas–Lacson

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said a ruckus in the House over budget insertions was caused by a fight over “commissions” on pork barrel. “It’s...

Duterte hand sought in Road Board

Two senators on Wednesday urged President Rodrigo Duterte to interfere after the House of Representatives voided its earlier approval of a bill to abolish...

15,000 nurses, health experts may lose jobs due to budget cut

Thousands of government nurses and other health personnel deployed in the country’s far-flung barangays from Batanes to Jolo may lose their jobs due to...

CJ told: Shun political cases

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Tuesday he knew Chief Justice Teresita Leondardo-de Castro as a woman of intelligence and integrity, but urged her...

Duterte, key ally clash over midterm election

Despite assurances from the Palace that the 2019 elections would push through, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged lawmakers to postpone the polls next...
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