Senate passes early voting bill for media
By Cathy Yamsuan
The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill that will allow members of the media to vote earlier than other voters in the May 2013 elections.
The Senate approved on third and final reading a bill that will allow members of the media to vote earlier than other voters in the May 2013 elections.
Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada’s patience is running thin, after he complained that he still could not get a meeting with disgruntled Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III to thresh out the latter’s differences with Juan Miguel Zubiri.
Some senators find Chief Justice Renato Corona’s explanation for not reporting his bank accounts in his financial disclosures “absurd,” and his waiving his right to confidentiality an attempt at damage control.
The looming infringement on an official’s privacy appears to be the reason behind the Senate’s plan to request the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to defer the implementation of a new form of statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) that government employees are required to submit yearly.
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III is seeking an inquiry into the condition of garbage dumps across the country after the weather bureau warned of more La Niña-induced rains in the coming months.
Senators are set to look into the prescribed new form for the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth that more than one million public officials and employees will have to accomplish by April 30 this year.
Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo’s lawyers on Friday asked the Supreme Court to declare as “null and void for being unconstitutional and illegal” a joint order by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Commission on Elections (Comelec) that formed fact-finding and preliminary investigation panels to look into the alleged fraud in the 2004 and 2007 elections.
Newly proclaimed Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has been awarded two committee chairmanships after joining the majority group in the Senate.
