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Lawmakers: Rejecting loans from gov’ts backing ‘drug war’ probe a mistake

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Updated as of Sep 22 12:18 AM

Lawmakers slammed Duterte's purported order to reject negotiations of loans and grants from countries that backed a UN resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the Philippines' drug war. Read more »

In first privilege speech, Bong Go slams 'epal' tag

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 10:21 AM

MANILA - In his first ever privilege speech, neophyte Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go defended the Malasakit Center which an opposition lawmaker recently called as a “partisan tool.” Read more »

Lagman calls Malasakit Center a 'partisan tool,' Bong Go retorts

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 07:20 PM

MANILA - Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Friday said the Malasakit Centers of the Duterte administration should be investigated, calling them a “partisan tool” whose creation has no legal basis.   Read more »

Lagman: New House Speaker must respect emergence of 'genuine' minority leader

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Posted at Jul 16 04:35 PM

The new Philippine House Speaker must respect the emergence of a genuine minority leader to restore the credibility of the lower chamber, according to Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman. Read more »

Solons start filing bills on FOI, motorcycle-for-hire, protecting rights workers

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Posted at Jul 02 01:55 AM

MANILA—Weeks before the 18th Congress opens on July 22, 5 bills, including the "Freedom of Information Act," were filed in the House of Representatives. Read more »

Next House Speaker should let 'authentic' minority emerge: solon

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Updated as of Jun 05 02:09 PM

The next House Speaker should let an "authentic" minority bloc emerge even if he is loyal to President Rodrigo Duterte, an opposition lawmaker said Wednesday.  Read more »

Bagong patakaran sa pagkuha ng kopya ng SALN sa Kamara pinuna

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Posted at Feb 01 11:32 PM

Sa ilalim ng bagong proseso, kailangang may basbas ng mayorya ng Kamara para makuha ang SALN ng mga mambabatas.  Read more »

Duterte failed to justify martial law extension in Mindanao, says solon

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Updated as of Jan 07 12:01 AM

MANILA - An opposition lawmaker insisted that there was no factual basis for the third extension of martial law in Mindanao, citing the administration's failure to justify this move. Read more »

‘Outraged’ lawmakers condemn murder of party-list representative Batocabe

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Updated as of Dec 23 12:55 AM

Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe was gunned down Saturday afternoon in his hometown Daraga in Albay during a gift-giving activity. Read more »

House opposition mulls taking fight vs martial law extension to Supreme Court

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Posted at Dec 13 05:32 PM

The opposition bloc in the House of Representatives is planning to question the constitutionality of the third extension of martial law in Mindanao before the Supreme Court, a lawmaker said Thursday, a day after Congress approved the chief executive's request. Read more »

Lagman to oppose Mindanao martial law extension before SC

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Updated as of Dec 04 09:20 AM

An opposition lawmaker said Tuesday he will question before the Supreme Court any official proposal to extend martial law in Mindanao.  Read more »

'Iselda si Imelda': Solons slam Marcos matriarch bail grant

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Posted at Nov 16 04:16 PM

Several opposition lawmakers on Friday slammed the Sandiganbayan's decision to allow former first lady Imelda Marcos to post bail. Read more »

Trillanes allies in lower house slam arrest warrant

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 05:32 PM

MANILA - Allies of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in the House of Representatives slammed the issuance of a warrant of arrest for their fellow opposition lawmaker. Read more »

'Lying through his teeth': Lawmakers slam Enrile, Bongbong Marcos

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 11:02 PM

MANILA - Victims of former president Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law on Friday criticized his son Bongbong Marcos and former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile over a video defending the dictatorship. Read more »

He said what? Martial law victims debunk Enrile's claims of 'no arrests'

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Updated as of Sep 21 08:32 PM

Personalities who survived martial rule debunked former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile's claims that no critic was arrested during the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos' regime. Read more »

Panukalang 2019 budget, may 'isiniksik' na P55 bilyong 'pork'?

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Updated as of Sep 18 07:58 PM

Hindi umano makausad ang usapan sa Kamara tungkol sa panggastos ng gobyerno sa susunod na taon dahil nagkakagirian dahil sa isiningit na alokasyon para sa ilang piling mambabatas. Read more »

Lagman asks JBC to withdraw shortlist of chief justice applicants

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Posted at Aug 24 05:42 PM

"The JBC is called upon to withdraw momentarily the shortlist and re-open the filing of applications for the position of chief justice," Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman says.  Read more »

Lawmaker wants chief justice selection process reopened

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Updated as of Aug 24 11:23 AM

The Judicial and Bar Council should reopen the application for chief justice as 4 of the 5 nominees may be disqualified after an impeachment complaint was lodged against them, the lawmaker who prepared the ouster raps against some magistrates said Friday. Read more »

Impeachment complaint vs 7 SC justices

Manny Palmero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 08:16 PM

Lawmakers led by Rep. Edcel Lagman, Rep. Teddy Baguilat and Rep. Gary Alejano file impeachment complaints against 7 Supreme Court justices who favored a quo warranto petition against ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, at the Office of Secretary General Roberto Bobby Maling, at the House of Representatives on Thursday. Read more »

Decline chief justice nomination, opposition lawmakers tell SC justices who voted vs Sereno

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 07:18 PM

Supreme Court magistrates who voted for Maria Lourdes Sereno's ouster as chief justice should decline nomination to be her replacement, lawmakers said Tuesday. Read more »