US-PH solons meet
Local lawmakers welcome their American counterparts during a cocktail buffet reception Thursday night in Makati City. Pictured (from left) are ...
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Chiz underscores use of police body cams
SENATOR Francis Escudero has said the Supreme Court order mandating law enforcers to wear bodycams when serving arrest warrants is ...
Read moreEscudero bats for penalties for refusal to vacate posts
Sen. Francis Escudero on Sunday said additional penalties should be imposed on any elected or appointed public official who will defy or ...
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Chiz dares ROTC proponents to validate claims NSTP failed
Senator Francis Escudero has asked the proponents of Senate Bill 2034 to present a scientific study to validate their claim ...
Read moreChiz: Tax bills will have rough sailing in Senate if burdensome to people
Senator Francis Escudero on Thursday warned that if tax measures will be a burden to the people, they will face ...
Read moreThieves present even in Jesus’ time–Escudero
The disclosure of Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen that hoodlums in robes remain came as no surprise for Senator ...
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Impeach threats reprised
SENATOR Francis Escudero on Thursday reminded President Rodrigo Duterte’s critics that the impeachment threats against the Ombudsman and the Supreme ...
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Senate ‘invites’ Bautista to P1-b probe
SENATOR Francis Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on banks, said it would conduct a hearing next week on the ...
Read moreDoJ powers can be clipped, senator insists
Congress has the authority to clip the powers of the Department of Justice to ‘insulate’ it from politics amid Justice ...
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Pork scam revisit OK, says Abella
THE Palace said Friday it was high time that officials involved in the massive looting of Priority Development Assistance Funds ...
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