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Less than a week after the elections, Vice President Sara Duterte said she has asked her brother, Rep. Paolo Duterte (Davao City, 1st District), to seek either the House speakership or minority leadership at the House of Representatives. 

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Tapos na ang usapin tungkol sa liderato ng Kamara para sa papasok na 20th Congress.

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How does a bill become a law? Philstar.com explains.

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Mangingibabaw sa pagpasok ng 20th Congress ang mga ­independent senators at mga miyembro ng Nationalist People’s Coalition base sa listahan ng 12 nangungunang kandidato sa pagka-senador sa nakaraang mid-term elections.

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The Supreme Court is not the one that will compel Congress to pass an anti-political dynasty law, but the Constitution, former senator Leila De Lima said.

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Lain na usab nga petisyon ang gipasaka sa 1Sambayan Coalition kauban sa Sanlakas ngadto sa Korte Suprema nga naghangyo nga pugson ang Kongreso pagpalabang og balaod nga magpatin-aw ug magdili na sa mga political dynasty. 

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Malacañang is leaving it up to lawmakers to decide whether to use the so-called “Team Grocery” or the new list of alleged beneficiaries of Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds in strengthening the case for her impeachment.

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I’m hoping that by featuring the feedback from readers, officials in Malacañang and Congress will be reminded of real problems encountered by Filipinos.

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Over the last three years, Congress reduced the budgets for badly needed infrastructure and social services originally proposed by the BBM administration, to fund Congressional pork barrel projects to the tune of over a trillion pesos.

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President Marcos has vetoed a proposal declaring Pampanga as the country’s culinary capital, saying it may cause discrimination, loss of diversity and regional bias.

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Tapos na ang usapin tungkol sa liderato ng Kamara para sa papasok na 20th Congress.

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How does a bill become a law? Philstar.com explains.

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Mangingibabaw sa pagpasok ng 20th Congress ang mga ­independent senators at mga miyembro ng Nationalist People’s Coalition base sa listahan ng 12 nangungunang kandidato sa pagka-senador sa nakaraang mid-term elections.

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Lain na usab nga petisyon ang gipasaka sa 1Sambayan Coalition kauban sa Sanlakas ngadto sa Korte Suprema nga naghangyo nga pugson ang Kongreso pagpalabang og balaod nga magpatin-aw ug magdili na sa mga political dynasty. 

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Malacañang is leaving it up to lawmakers to decide whether to use the so-called “Team Grocery” or the new list of alleged beneficiaries of Vice President Sara Duterte’s confidential funds in strengthening the case for her impeachment.

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I’m hoping that by featuring the feedback from readers, officials in Malacañang and Congress will be reminded of real problems encountered by Filipinos.

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Over the last three years, Congress reduced the budgets for badly needed infrastructure and social services originally proposed by the BBM administration, to fund Congressional pork barrel projects to the tune of over a trillion pesos.

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President Marcos has vetoed a proposal declaring Pampanga as the country’s culinary capital, saying it may cause discrimination, loss of diversity and regional bias.

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