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Congress resumes session today
Ruling party okays six-year term for Arroyo
Chief Justice takes steps to ensure transparency in judicial-fund handling
Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban has reached out to judges and court employees to assure more transparency in the custody, disbursement, and accounting of the multimillion-peso Judiciary Development Fund (JDF) intended for all court personnel.
Senators set to push debate on P1-T budget
Despite delays in the transmittal by the Lower House of the General Appropriations Bill to the Upper Chamber, senators will continue their deliberations on the R1.05-trillion budget for this year as Congress resumes session today.
Lower House’s priority focused on proposed Charter amendments
The proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution will be main focus of legislative work in the House of Representatives when it resumes session today after a month-long Yuletide break.
16 drown, 25 missing in Leyte fluvial parade
At least 16 people drowned, six survived and 25 others missing when the motor banca they were riding in capsized yesterday morning during a fluvial procession in San Ricardo, Southern Leyte to celebrate the feast of the Santo Niño, according to reports reaching Camp Crame.
NPA rebels free 9 comrades from jail in Batangas
Nine jailed suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) and four other detainees facing various criminal offenses were freed from the Batangas Provincial Jail in Barangay Cuta at 7:45 p.m. last Saturday by heavily armed men in police and military uniforms believed to be the rebels’ comrades.
Opposition legislators twit Palace, allies on Charter change
Opposition legislators derided yesterday Malacañang and its allies for conditioning the public that a shift to parliamentary form of government is expected soon, with President Arroyo sitting the remainder of her term until 2010 with undiminished powers.
Estrada's lawyers ask recognizance to Sandiganbayan
Lawyers for former President Joseph Estrada formally asked the Sandiganbayan Special Division yesterday to release the deposed leader on recognizance either to his wife Senator Luisa Estrada or Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Vidal while he faces trial for plunder, a non-bailable offense punishable by life imprisonment or death.
House "progressive bloc" formed vs "no-el"
Six party-list lawmakers who are collectively known as the "progressive bloc" in the House of Representatives yesterday spearheaded the campaign against the "no-el" (no election) proposal by filing a resolution rejecting moves to scrap the 2007 elections.
Lozano files impeachment raps vs Arroyo the second time around
Lawyer Oliver Lozano made true his promise and filed before the House of Representatives yesterday the same amended impeachment complaint he filed against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in July last year.
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