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Quezon lawmaker asks HRET to dismiss rival’s electoral protest

By Jess Diaz | April 2, 2014 - 12:00am

Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan has asked the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) to dismiss the election protest filed against her by Wigberto Tañada Jr.

Nation

Quezon congressional bet loses case in SC

By Jess Diaz | November 23, 2013 - 12:00am

A congressional candidate in Quezon in last May’s elections has lost a case in the Supreme Court (SC) against another candidate and the proclaimed winner, Rep. Angelina Tan.

Nation

2 lawmakers with pending cases assume office

By Jess Diaz | July 5, 2013 - 12:00am

Two congresswomen with cases still pending with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have assumed office and started doing their job as new members of Congress.

Headlines

Quezon congresswoman barred from assuming post

By Jess Diaz | July 1, 2013 - 12:00am

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has barred Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan from assuming office by canceling her proclamation by the provincial board of canvassers.

Nation

Pag-upo ng Quezon Rep. pinigil ng Comelec

By Butch Quejada/Doris Franche-Borja | July 1, 2013 - 12:00am

Pinigil ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang pag-upo ni Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan matapos na kanselahin ng provincial board of canvassers ang kanyang proklamasyon.

Bansa

Removal of import tariff on cement opposed

October 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Former senator-turned consumer advocate Wigberto Tañada expressed strong opposition yesterday to the plan of the ...

Business

Government urged to undo trade blunder

April 12, 2005 - 12:00am

The multisectoral Fair Trade Alliance (FTA), a broad coalition pushing for trade and economic reforms, urged government to ensure a level playing field for Philippine industry in the ongoing trade and tariff policy...

Business

RP urged to ‘rearm’ after collapse of WTO talks

September 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Former Sen. Wigberto Tañada said yesterday the collapse of the 5th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun, Mexico should impel the Philippines to immediately correct the country’s...

Business

Guingona bats for economic nationalism

February 20, 2003 - 12:00am

In the views of Vice President Tito Guingona and former Sen. Wigberto Tañada, the Philippines can only break away from its decades-old failure to industrialize if it adopts a nationalist economic agenda. The...

Business

Scheme to avert collapse of RP industries due to tariff cuts proposed

August 30, 2002 - 12:00am

An alliance of industry, labor, agriculture, consumer and civil society groups has presented the government a six-point range of options to avert the collapse of many local industries and the dislocation of hundreds...

Business