MANILA -- Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged the Commission on Elections to immediately relieve or suspend regional election supervisor Rey Sumalipao of the Autonomous…
Departure statement of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo: On her visits to Italy, Portugal & China
The sun never sets on the work of the Philippine President in the modern world. In the past two weeks, I have traveled across East Asia to reap greater tides, peace and prosperity for our nation; and I am embarking today for the Vatican and Portugal in a virtually uninterrupted voyage for trade, investments, peace, security and spiritual rearmament for the Filipino people.
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Motion for reconsideration to be filed against SC ruling on “Batasan 6”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) was saddened and apprehensive with the recent 23-page ruling of the Supreme Court dismissing the rebellion case against six party-list representatives dubbed the “Batasan 6” and their co-accused, who purportedly conspired in an armed revolt to overthrow the government.
According to the DOJ, the dismissal is fraught with far-reaching and adverse consequences on our criminal justice system. Thus, through the Solicitor General, the DOJ will file a motion for reconsideration.
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MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and its allies visited ANAKPAWIS Rep. Crispin Beltran to show the peasantry?s solidarity with the detained labor leader and to call for his immediate release.
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MANILA — Detained lawmaker Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran today slammed the declaration of Malacanang spokesperson Ignacio Bunye that the Supreme Court decision junking the rebellion charges against the progressive party-list lawmakers of Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) were fraught with legal consequences and hence the Malacanang through the Department of Justice and the office of the solicitor general will issue an appeal to it.