The 22-man Joint Committee of Congress started late yesterday afternoon in resuming the tabulation of votes for the presidential and vice presidential elections as they chose to ignore demands on a cloture rule that would forestall filibusters from delaying the proceedings.
|
 |
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in the National Capital Region (NCR) yesterday conducted a public hearing on the possible issuance of a new wage order following the petition of various labor groups for a wage increase.
|
|
Exasperated with local politics, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales yesterday said that he no longer believes in it, particularly on the way Filipino politicians practiced it.
|
|
The Senate suspended yesterday its regular session and prepared to adjourn sine die the 12th Congress starting today based on a constitutional provision as Senate President Franklin Drilon prayed that Congress, acting as the National Board of Canvassers, would be able to proclaim the winners in the
|
|
The House of Representatives deferred the plan to adjourn yesterday even as the national canvassing of votes for president and vice-president was also delayed by six hours to give way to the supposedly last legislative session that started at past 10 a.m. yesterday.
|
|
Malacañang belittled yesterday the opposition’s strategy to derail the proclamation of the winning president and vice president by delaying the congressional canvassing of votes, staging mass protest actions and raising unfounded accusations of massive electoral frauds in the May 10 polls.
|
|
Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) standard bearer Fernando Poe Jr. yesterday appealed to the police to respect the constitutional rights of the people to a peaceful assembly and free expression, as he deplored the violent dispersal Wednesday of a rally in Quezon City to protest election irre
|
|
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has kept her campaign expenditures within the maximum limit of P420 million set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during the 90-day campaign for the presidency.
|
|
|
