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REPRESENTATIVE Edcel Lagman of Albay has a term for legislative measures that gain approval in a congressional committee yet never make it to a full floor debate owing to one reason or other.
22:28:03 2010-02-09
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Sen. Richard Gordon promised to review the Youth Offenders’ Law if he becomes president, noting that criminals use children as their legmen to evade prosecution.
04:43:44 2010-02-09
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“What would the Ten Commandments have looked like if Moses had run them through …Congress?” the late President Ronald Reagan once wondered. Wonder no more. Listen instead to Rep. Mark Cojuangco.
01:28:32 2010-02-09
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Congress adjourned last week, bypassing more than a dozen important measures and committee reports. The Senate adjourned without doing anything on its last session day for lack of quorum. The House of Representatives adjourned also without acting on pending measures for lack of time and quorum.
01:21:52 2010-02-09
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The block of Nacionalista Party president Manuel Villar tried to pull a fast one by proclaiming its boycott of Senate sessions as a move motivated by the desire to derail two administration proposals with dangerous implications.
22:43:52 2010-02-06
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Wary about losing the slim chance for ratification of the freedom of information bill, supporters of the measure urged Speaker Prospero Nograles Saturday to put the matter on top of the agenda when Congress resumes its session in May.
14:10:43 2010-02-06
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The freedom of information bill is on its last gasps after the House of Representatives failed to ratify it on its last session day on Wednesday for lack of a quorum.
07:49:02 2010-02-05
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The Freedom of Information Act is not yet dead, leaders at the House of Representatives said Thursday.
20:39:35 2010-02-04
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The Philippine National Police has expressed dismay over the Senate’s failure to pass an “urgent” bill for better firearms control, even lashing at lawmakers for “bickering” instead of tackling important measures.
20:33:29 2010-02-04
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is eager to sign the Expanded Senior Citizens’ Act of 2010, but Malacañang has yet to receive a copy of the bill from Congress, acting Social Welfare Secretary Cecilia Capadocia-Yangco said Wednesday.
05:57:30 2010-02-04
