Supporters of opposing candidates nearly came to blows after Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, who is seeking reelection, and rival Ian Mark Nacaya traded accusations of impropriety and negligence of duty during a heated forum here on Friday.
Cable tappers beware! Illegal tapping of signals provided by any cable television (CATV) network or system and any cable internet system and the destruction or removal of authorized CATV or cable internet facilities will soon be penalized.
Groups opposed to the reproductive health measure are not giving up even after President Benigno Aquino III quietly signed it into law four days before Christmas.
A new political party has set a nationwide road show to campaign for Charter change (Cha-cha) through a constitutional convention during the second half of 2013.
The suspense over the House of Representatives’ third and final reading on the controversial reproductive health bill is expected to be shorter this time around.
Lawmakers opposing the reproductive health (RH) bill in the House of Representatives are not backing down despite President Benigno Aquino III certifying the bill as urgent.
At the House of Representatives, the bloc opposed to the RH bill is not raising the white flag despite the presidential certification. The focus now is on the 62 House members who were absent when the chamber approved House Bill No. 4244 on second reading on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines—What clinched the vote for the reproductive health bill at the House of Representatives? Four key emissaries of President Aquino were conspicuously present at the South Lounge of the Batasan building and stayed on until every vote was cast—and counted—in favor of passing House Bill No. 4244 on second reading, the Inquirer has [...]
A lawmaker on Wednesday grilled a representative of the justice department’s special panel of prosecutors for the complaints on the P12-billion investment scam of the Aman Futures group.
An opponent of the Reproductive Health Bill on Wednesday said their side would succeed in killing the measure, which has been languishing in Congress for 14 years now.
Monday’s “make or break” meeting between President Benigno Aquino III and members of the House of Representatives should determine the fate of the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill in the 15th Congress.
House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II on Tuesday said the “parliamentary momentum” had shifted to the lawmakers who favor the passage of the substitute reproductive health (RH) bill that was formally accepted by the plenary on Monday.
Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said he considers human life sacred, hence his opposition to the reproductive health bill and the death penalty.
