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The request is contained in Resolution 1836 introduced by the committee on justice and which the larger chamber approved.


The principal basis for the appeal is because an impeachment complaint against the President is now pending in the justice committee, and that such complaint could eventually be sent to the Senate for trial.


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"A general strike is now on the table of the broad-based labor movement. In fact, we’ve already set calibrated mass actions leading to a general strike on Bonifacio Day," said former senator and now Rep. Ernesto Herrera (Lakas, Bohol).


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                    [Title] => House defers budget hearing
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives deferred by one week yesterday its debates on the proposed P725-billion national budget for next year.


The decision was prompted by a request from Assistant Minority Leader Michael Defensor (LP, Quezon City) who told his colleagues that the budget debates traditionally started on the third week of October.


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                    [Title] => A fight over jueteng spoils, solons say
                    [Summary] => Opposition congressmen said yesterday the fight between Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson and presidential friend Charlie "Atong" Ang "is basically a division of the jueteng  spoil gone awry."


"Like all conflicts, this one broke out when the demand for jueteng profits oustripped the supply, resulting in a vicious turf war. It is a case of one erstwhile partner in the jueteng empire resisting the expansionist designs of another," the solons said in a joint statement.


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                    [Title] => Solon seeks ouster of BSP head for Urban Bank mess
                    [Summary] => An opposition congressman sought the ouster yesterday of Governor Rafael Buenaventura of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for alleged conflict of interest and irresponsible action in the closing of Urban Bank.


"Whimsical, irrational and irresponsible action (on the part of Buenaventura) has no place in the Bangko Sentral," declared Assistant Minority Leader Michael Defensor (LP, Quezon City) in a privilege speech.


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ASSISTANT MINORITY LEADER MICHAEL DEFENSOR

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Stop to jueteng inquiry sought

By Jess Diaz | October 28, 2000 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives urged the Senate yesterday to stop its inquiry into allegations that President Estrada received more than P500 million in jueteng payola and tax kickback. The request is contained in...

Headlines

RP-wide strike set Nov. 30

October 23, 2000 - 12:00am

Moderate and militant labor unions are planning a nationwide strike on or before Nov. 30, Bonifacio Day, to keep up the pressure for President Estrada to resign, an opposition congressman said yesterday. "A...

Headlines

House defers budget hearing

October 11, 2000 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives deferred by one week yesterday its debates on the proposed P725-billion national budget for next year. The decision was prompted by a request from Assistant Minority Leader Michael Defensor...

Headlines

A fight over jueteng spoils, solons say

October 6, 2000 - 12:00am

Opposition congressmen said yesterday the fight between Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson and presidential friend Charlie "Atong" Ang "is basically a division of the jueteng spoil gone...

Headlines

Solon seeks ouster of BSP head for Urban Bank mess

October 4, 2000 - 12:00am

An opposition congressman sought the ouster yesterday of Governor Rafael Buenaventura of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for alleged conflict of interest and irresponsible action in the closing of Urban Bank. "Whimsical,...

Headlines