Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, February 4 rejected the call of UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan to dismantle the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) saying it is “supremely presumptuous.” Marcos noted that Khan never visited the villages that are under...
The ongoing Senate investigation on the recent People’s Initiative (PI) movement for Charter change (Cha-cha) "contravene[s] inter-parliamentary courtesy" in Congress. This was the stand of Bicol-based congressmen led by Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, who insisted...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 said she will do anything to save the UniTeam, saying she finds it hard to accept that the alliance between the Marcoses and the Dutertes has been ruined in a little over a year. “Let me be candid. I will do anything to salvage the...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 urged her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to clarify his administration’s stand regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC). While the President has already stated that it would not cooperate with the ICC in any...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 urged her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to abandon the push for a People’s Initiative (PI) that he and his allies in the House of Representatives had started. Marcos said she cannot understand why the President has...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 emphasized the need to first establish a legal framework through legislation before pushing forward with a People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987 Constitution. “Why don’t we first make a law? Let’s hammer together, craft, debate until we...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should utilize the P12-billion fund supposedly earmarked for a plebiscite to prepare for the May 2025 midterm elections or other purposes, two senators urged the poll body on Wednesday, January 31. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) House Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. gave brownie points to SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta for trying to talk sense into senators during the inquiry on the People’s Initiative (PI)...
The Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation on Tuesday, January 30 moved to subpoena a certain Atty. Anthony Abad who is reportedly behind the signature campaign for Charter change. It was Sen. Francis Tolentino who made the motion to subpoena the lawyer during the...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, January 30 said those who are claiming that the Senate has no business meddling with the People’s Initiative (PI) signature drive are shameless. “Sinumang magsabi na walang paki ang Senado sa usapin na ito, isa lang ang masasabi ko: ‘Walang gamot...
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives are too busy to attend the Senate's investigation on the signature campaign in connection with the People’s...
House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Facebook) The apparent mixing of prayers and poltical agendas by some personalities has rubbed another congressman the wrong way. In statement Sunday, Jan. 28, House Minority Leader 4Ps...
