“It still hasn’t sunk in,” Senator-elect Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said Thursday night of his win in the May 13 midterm elections although his namesake and father, the outgoing senator, wasn’t surprised.
Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara on Friday challenged his fellow senatorial candidates to a debate on relevant national issues in an effort to help voters make informed decisions on election day.
Administration senatorial candidate Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara on Tuesday pledged to allocate P100 million—or half of the annual pork barrel entitlement of senators—for the construction of classrooms and the upgrading of equipment in the public schools, particularly in the provinces.
It’s tax filing season and for government officials, in particular, the time of year for disclosing their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).
A candidate of the Team PNoy coalition wants the Aquino administration’s P40 billion-a-year conditional cash transfer system for the country’s poorest of the poor to include micro-financing for small scale businesses at the grassroots level.
Representative Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara admits he feels slightly pressured whenever he’s compared to his father, incumbent Senator Edgardo Angara.
In an election campaign dominated by old and familiar names, his is one that easily stands out: Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, son of a political veteran whose family rules the politics of Aurora province.
Aurora representative Juan Edgardo Angara has filed his Certificate of Candidacy at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Wednesday morning.
Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Tuesday said that he hopes Deputy Speaker Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III will stay loyal to the Liberal Party despite being left out of its senatorial slate.
Lawmakers on Friday urged critics of newly appointed Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to give her some “breathing space” and time to undertake reforms in the judiciary.
A Senate ally of President Benigno Aquino III has defended the three would-be senatorial candidates who joined Mr. Aquino in relief tours of the flood-stricken areas of Metro Manila and neighboring provinces.
Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo Angara and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. topped the list of “prolific and hardworking members” of the House of Representatives for filing the most number of bills of national importance that were enacted into law in the 14th and 13th Congresses, respectively.
Lawmakers had mixed views Tuesday on the country’s $1-billion contribution to the International Monetary Fund.
