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Asked how soon could Cha-cha finally take off, Padilla retorted: “Inshallah,” (if Allah wills, or GCall it propitious we had a Muslim convert Senator Robinhood Padilla as featured guest at our Kapihan sa Manila Bay that coincided with the observance of the Ash Wednesday. od willing).

Mujiv Hataman, regional governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said he is confident there will be no interruption of reforms and government services during a transition to a proposed Bangsamoro region that will replace the ARMM. He added regional officials will meet on a potential transition that will happen if the Bangsamoro Basic Law is passed. "I want them to know that I started from a problematic regional government. Ayaw ko maranasan nila (Bangsamoro Transition Autho...

Published July 27, 2021, 10:35 AM President Duterte may be an unorthodox leader and have some failings in the delivery of all his campaign promises but on balance his government, in the view of business, delivered very notable achievements that succeeding governments must continue to foster and build on. 22169 This was stressed by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) as the country’s largest business organization assessed the President’s final state of the nation address ...

A senior opposition lawmaker on Thursday, May 20, urged Congress to recall the authority granted President Rodrigo Duterte to fix tariff rates amid mounting protests against the reduction of tariff rates on rice and pork imports. House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarat

Published April 28, 2021, 6:24 PM House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday, April 28, asked government to deploy the Philippine Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea to escort Filipino fishermen. Zarate aired the appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte as he strongly condemned China for harassing and seizing the catch of Filipino fishermen from waters covered by the Philippine territory in Bajo de Masinloc and other parts of WPS. “Send our coast guards ...

Published April 6, 2021, 3:32 PM Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate on Tuesday, April 6, called on the leaders of the House of Representatives to again set a hearing on the fees being charged by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) amid the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the “NCR Plus” bubble. (KJ ROSALES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The House deputy minority leader cited the House Resolution No. 879, which calls on the chamber’s Committee on Energy to ...

16 Mar 2021 The Philippines’ ruling party, PDP-Laban, “will not stop” urging current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in the country’s 2022 general election despite a warning against such politicking by the party’s president, boxing legend and Philippine Sen. Manny Pacquiao, last week, a PDP-Laban official said on Tuesday. “I think it won’t stop because the clamor is already there,” PDP-Laban Deputy Secretary-General Melvin Matibag told the  Phili...