SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has admitted to being blown away by the background checking prowess of the people behind the Commission on Appointments (CA), which he is a member of. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) "Mayroon kaming isang section na talagang napakahusay...
Listen to people with "sensible legal advice". SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (left) and Senator Risa Hontiveros (Facebook) This was SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta's advice to Senator Risa Hontiveros following their tit-for-tat during the Nov. 23 Commission on Appointments (CA)...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta thinks that a Cabinet official of the Marcos administration might get bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) due to lack of time. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) In an interview over state-run Radyo Pilipinas over the weekend,...
The controversial shutdown of the giant ABS-CBN network was revived today, Wednesday, November 23 during a public hearing by the Commission on Appointments on the proposed confirmation of the appointment of Gamaliel Asis Cordoba as Commission on Audit (COA) chairman. Cordoba was the National...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta scolded National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Chairman Gamaliel Cordoba Wednesday, Aug. 24 for supposedly being remiss in investigating the shuttered ABS-CBN after the House of Representatives denied the network's application for franchise renewal back...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Edcel Lagman has "corrected" the claim that the recent deal between the shuttered ABS-CBN and TV5 violated the latter network's franchise. TV5 logo "There is no franchise issue," Lagman, an independent minority solon, said in a letter to House Speaker Martin Romualdez on...
Two congressmen have filed House resolutions (HRs) seeking an inquiry in aid of legislation on the recent partnership that was forged by local media giants TV5 and ABS-CBN. TV5 logo (top) and ABS-CBN logo (Wikipedia) READ: https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/11/tv5-abs-cbn-announce-landmark-deal/...
Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Gus Tambunting said it was his decision to remove the briefing on the ABS-CBN and TV5 deal from the agenda of the Committee on Legislative Franchises, which he chairs. Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Gus Tambunting (Facebook) The reason for removing it on the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro spoke on the recent ABS-CBN and TV5 deal Thursday, Aug. 18 and her views turned out to be opposite to that of SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta's. ACT-Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left) and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta Castro,...
The briefing on the recent deal between the shuttered ABS-CBN and TV5 has been removed from the agenda of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises meeting that was scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 18. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was discovered by House reporters on...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta claimed that the merger between ABS-CBN and TV5 violated a provision in the franchise of the latter. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) Marcoleta highlighted this during his privilege speech during the plenary session Monday, Aug. 15, wherein...
The recent deal between ABS-CBN and TV5 "left a bad taste in the mouth", said SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, who still sounded very upset over the supposed misdeeds of the shuttered "Kapamilya" network. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Screenshot from Facebook live) "Last week,...
