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abtest

Abolish both the Senate and the House

By Atty. Josephus Jimenez | February 3, 2024 - 12:00am

The current hullabaloo between the Senate and the House on an issue which is not urgent, not vital, and not responsive to the real problem of the nation is the best argument that we do not need 24 overpaid, underutilized,...

Freeman Opinion

LEDAC, SONA bills ni Marcos, naipasa ng Lower House

By Joy Cantos | January 29, 2024 - 12:00am

“Kami sa Lower House tapos na ang assignment. Wala kaming back subjects kaya wala ring constitutional crisis. Ewan ko ang Senado na mahilig ang ilang mi­yembro sa words, words, words kaysa work, work, work...

Police Metro

It’s high time to abolish the Lower House

By Atty. Josephus Jimenez | October 7, 2018 - 12:00am

We are spending billions every day to subsidize a body composed of family dynasties, inept, incompetent, and many dishonest, abusive and lazy members of a non-performing assembly of the privileged ruling class.

Freeman Opinion

What if we just abolish the Lower House?

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | August 9, 2018 - 12:00am

By the manner our representatives are behaving — in their mad and embarrassing scramble for power, quarreling on who is going to be minority leader — and considering the overall dismal performance of...

Freeman Opinion

Senate okays bill hiking VSMMC’s bed capacity

February 3, 2016 - 9:00am

The Senate has passed on January 25 Senate Bill No. 2767 seeking to increase the bed capacity of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center from 800 to 1,200.

Cebu News

MILF on stalled BBL: Filipinos not ready for reconciliation

By Alexis Romero | February 3, 2016 - 5:04am

The failure of Congress to pass the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law means that Filipinos are not yet ready for reconciliation,...

Headlines

Bill converting Eversley to general hospital unmoved

January 1, 2016 - 9:00am

The house bill that seeks to rename Eversley Childs Sanitarium Hospital in Mandaue City to Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital is still pending before the Congress, a year since it was submitted to the...

Freeman Metro Cebu

Lucky 77

By Roy Señeres | December 30, 2015 - 9:00am

NOONG 2013 election ay numero 4 sa balota ang OFW Family partylist kung saan ay dalawang kongresista ang pumasok sa Lower House.

PSN Opinyon

Retired cops urged to help guard salary law changes

December 20, 2015 - 9:00am

The Philippine National Police Retirees Association, Inc. (PRAI) is calling on its members to make strong representation with their congressmen to ensure that amendment to the Salary Standardization Law will not...

Cebu News

One voter, one ballot

By Antolin dela Cerna | December 18, 2015 - 9:00am

Ang Comelec adunay ruling nga ang matag botante hatagan lang og usa ka balota. Sa ato pa, kun masayop ka, iluwa ang balota sa “vote counting machine,” ug na-disenfranchise ka na,  wala ka makabotar....

Banat Opinyon