Ranking House of Representatives members are up in arms over the glut of pass-through charges on electricity bills that consumers have to pay. Such charges include the Senior Citizen Discount, Lifeline Rate discount for 4Ps beneficiaries, Feed-in Tariff Allowance, and Green Energy Auction Allowance...
House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima can 't help but smell fear from the direction of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and the latter 's husband lawyer Manases Carpio. This, after De Lima got wind of Carpio 's...
Congressmen from both the majority and minority blocs believe that the Anti-Money Laundering Council 's (AMLC) flagging of nearly P6.8 billion worth of bank transactions linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband is a potentially damaging detail to the impeachment respondent 's...
Minority congressmen are itching to hear what former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has to say about the flood control projects mess, now that he has been arrested in the Czech Republic. Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said the Philippine...
A congressman-endorser of one of the two active impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte in unfazed by the mounting number of Supreme Court (SC) petitions against the proceedings. “Hindi kami naaapektuhan ng mga petisyon. Tuloy ang proseso hangga’t walang utos na pumipigil...
A purported connection between impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and former Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. was floated during the House Committee on Justice 's public hearing Wednesday, March 25. This detail was brought up by Akbayan Party-list...
China’s embassy in Manila is once again trading barbs with yet another Philippine government official, this time with Akbayan Party-list Rep. Chel Diokno, whom it advised to be responsible in asserting facts. “Rep. Diokno, before hastily assigning labels or making accusations, it would be...
Former senator Leila de Lima and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno have accepted the offer to be part of the House prosecution panel in the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and former senator Leila de Lima (Facebook) “The House Speaker has...
While Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Partylist first nominee Leila de Lima and Akbayan Partylist first nominee Chel Diokno welcomed the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, March 11, they also called for accountability of enablers and beneficiaries of the previous administration’s war...
CEBU CITY – Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and former senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan on Friday, August 16, launched their senatorial bids here, nine months before midterm elections next year. LAWYER Chel Diokno (seated left) and former Senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan,...
Although there are no formal candidates yet, the opposition released a video teaser for the candidacy of human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino. Senator Risa Hontiveros, the lone candidate from former vice president Leni Robredo’s 2022 “Tropang...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Risa Hontiveros and other opposition leaders vowed to block moves to amend the Constitution. FORMER Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, Atty. Chel Diokno, and Sen. Risa Hontiveros answer questions from reporters during their recent visit to Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova) Hontiveros said they...
