Bill creating Nueva Camarines hurdles Senate second reading
By Matikas Santos
The bill establishing the new province of Nueva Camarines was passed on second reading in the Senate Tuesday.
The bill establishing the new province of Nueva Camarines was passed on second reading in the Senate Tuesday.
Once thought to be dead after Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV fought over the alleged railroading of the measure, the contoversial Camarines Sur (CamSur) bill is again on the move with Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada pushing for its passage before the Christmas break.
Camarines Sur Governor Luis “L-Ray” Villafuerte Jr. has accused the Commission on Elections (Comelec) of laying down the groundwork for a possible division of the province even if the bill that takes away one district to create Nueva Camarines has not yet been signed into law. In a letter to the Comelec and copies of [...]
The Senate on Thursday failed to approve a bill that would carve out the fourth district of Camarines Sur and name it Nueva Camarines, making efforts of Camarines Sur congressmen who launched an intense lobby for its approval in the chamber all for naught.
Senate majority leader Tito Sotto on Thursday claimed that three senators have indicated plans to oppose the bill carving Nueva Camarines province from the existing Camarines Sur.
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad has allowed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to use a portion of its P4.733-billion savings for 2011 to fund the holding of a plebiscite in Camarines Sur on the proposed creation of the province of Nueva Camarines (NuevaCam).
Camarines Sur Representative Arnulfo Fuentebella over the weekend said that officials of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had made the assurance that there were enough funds for a plebiscite this year for the creation of the province of Nueva Camarines (NuevaCam).
Time, and money, has run out on the House measure to carve the new province of Nueva Camarines from the flanks of the existing province of Camarines Sur.
LAOAG CITY—Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos has joined opponents of a bill that would break up Camarines Sur with the creation of a new province to be called Nueva Camarines. “We have no new room for a new province,” she said, reflecting on the fact that Ilocos also suffered from its own breakup into a [...]
The creation of the new province of Nueva Camarines has further divided one of the more influential political families in Bicol. Rep. Luis Villafuerte (3rd district, Camarines Sur), revealed that his son, Camarines Sur Gov. Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte Jr., plans to pit his 22-year-old son against him in the 2013 gubernatorial elections. The elder [...]
The main proponent of a proposed law creating the new province of Nueva Camarines denied the measure was railroaded through the House of Representatives last week where it was approved by an overwhelming 229-1 vote. Negros Oriental Rep. George Arnaiz, chair of the committee on local governments, said the creation of Nueva Camarines out of [...]
Voting 229-1, the House of Representatives on Wednesday night overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading a bill creating the province of Nueva Camarines in the Bicol region. The four congressmen from Camarines Sur who were its authors on Thursday hailed the passage of House Bill No. 4820. “This triumph belongs to the people of [...]
Four out of five Camarines Sur congressmen are now behind House Bill No. 4728 which seeks to create the new province of Nueva Camarines from municipalities in the 4th and 5th districts of Camarines Sur. The latest solon to officially affix his signature as coauthor of the bill was Rep. Rolando Andaya of CamSur’s 1st [...]
