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P79 billion realigned in 2019 national budget, Sotto says

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 12:55 AM

MANILA - Some P79 billion in the ratified 2019 budget was realigned by the House of Representatives, Senate President Tito Sotto said Saturday.   Read more »

SOGIE Equality Bill might start from scratch 19 years since proposal

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 05:46 PM

Last year’s supposed discrimination against comedienne-impersonator Kaladkaren Davila, real name Jervi Li, was not enough for the swift passage of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill.  Read more »

From ‘Pamparami’ to ‘Pinuno’: Hit TV series stokes shrieks in Lapid campaign

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 25 05:11 PM

Perched atop the flatbed of a pick-up truck, Lito Lapid gripped a handrail with one hand as he extended the other to brush shoppers and vendors shrieking “Pinuno”, the moniker of a rebel leader he portrayed in primetime series “Ang Probinsyano.”    Read more »

Malaysia's Mahathir meets with PH Congress leaders

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 05:24 PM

Leaders of the Philippine Congress met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in Makati City on Thursday morning. Read more »

'Narco list di sapat na basehan sa pag-disqualify ng kandidato'

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Posted at Mar 04 05:39 PM

Hindi sapat na basehan para ma-disqualify ang isang kandidato kapag siya ay napasama sa ilalabas na listahan ng mga umano ay dawit sa kalakaran ng ilegal na droga, ayon sa tagapagsalita ng Commission on Elections. Read more »

Catriona nag-courtesy call sa gov't offices

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Posted at Feb 26 09:44 PM

Inikutan ni Catriona Gray ang Senado, Department of Tourism, at opisina ni Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

Ilang senador binatikos ang pahayag ni Duterte ukol sa Chinese workers

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Posted at Feb 25 07:49 PM

Umani ng batikos mula sa ilang mga senador ang pahayag kamakailan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ukol sa isyu ng mga Chinese na ilegal na nagtatrabaho sa bansa.  Read more »

Sotto backs stronger war on drugs

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Posted at Feb 21 06:15 PM

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said Thursday he supports a "stronger approach" on the government's narcotics crackdown. Read more »

Duterte dismayado dahil 2019 budget di pa naipapasa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 04 09:52 PM

Hindi pa rin naipapasa ang pambansang budget. Read more »

Sotto seeks reenacted 2019 budget, House presses bicam hearings

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Updated as of Jan 30 03:16 PM

Sotto said he would suggest to Sen. Loren Legarda, the chairperson of the Senate finance committee, to "go for a reenacted budget." Funding for the May elections is in the 2018 budget, he said. Read more »

Sotto clarifies: No jail time for underage offenders in new bill

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Updated as of Jan 28 05:46 PM

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Panukalang pagbaba sa edad ng pananagutan lusot sa komite ng Kamara

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Updated as of Jan 21 09:48 PM

Inaprubahan sa House committee on Justice ngayong Lunes ang panukalang batas na layong ibaba sa 9 anyos ang minimum age of criminal liability.  Read more »

Robredo, Arroyo see drop in satisfaction ratings: SWS

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 07:14 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal both saw a drop in their satisfaction ratings, results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed Tuesday.   Read more »

Sotto wants to broker peace between Duterte, bishops

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 04:50 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said he is trying to broker peace between President Duterte and Catholic Church leaders, saying he is uncomfortable with the ongoing word war between the 2 camps.  Read more »

Drilon wants passport contractor to face charges for taking data

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Posted at Jan 12 10:54 PM

Drilon on Saturday said the government should file charges against a company that allegedly "made off" with Filipinos' passport data after its services were terminated.  Read more »

Duterte approval, trust ratings climb end-2018: Pulse Asia survey

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Updated as of Jan 11 04:03 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte capped 2018 with higher approval and trust ratings, while House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo suffered from low scores, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. Read more »

BALIKAN: Mga balitang gumawa ng ingay sa Senado noong 2018

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Posted at Jan 02 09:48 PM

Laman ng mga balita sa Senado noong 2018 ang muntik nang makulong na si Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, sagutan sa pagdinig sa isyu ng bilyong halagang shabu shipment, at mga naipasang batas. Read more »

Malacañang pabor sa pagbuwag sa Road Board

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Updated as of Jul 16 01:03 PM

Ipinadala na ng Senado sa Malacañang ang kopya ng panukalang batas na humihiling kay Pangulong Duterte na buwagin at huwag nang bigyan ng pondo ang Road Board sa 2019. Read more »

Kamara, pinuna sa 'minadaling' pagpasa sa draft federal charter

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Updated as of Dec 05 10:04 PM

Inulan ng batikos ang Kamara matapos umanong madaliin at brasuhin ang panukalang draft constitution.  Read more »

China's Xi, PH Congress leaders discuss Beijing-Manila ties

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Updated as of Nov 21 05:26 PM

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Philippine Congress Wednesday on the last day of his state visit here to discuss ties between Manila and Beijing. Read more »