Senator-elect Francis Escudero(File photo) MANILA - Returning Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero will bat for full local government autonomy, saying it needs to be addressed first before a shift to a federalism is tackled. In an interview with a news channel on Monday, Escudero said he will initiate strengthening the Local Government Code during the 19th Congress. He said the national government interferes too much with matters that should be dealt with by local governments alone. "Mas alam namin kung ano ang kailangan gawin sa aming mga lugar kumpara sa kanila (We know better what needs to be done compared to them)," he said in an interview with ANC. The outgoing Sorsogon governor said local autonomy should be established first before discussing federalism. "That's jumping way, way ahead. Our closest experiment to federalism is the Cordillera Administrative Region and BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao). Cordillera hasn't been implemen
Senator Aquilino ''Koko'' Pimentel III on Saturday, June 4 said the emerging Senate Minority Bloc will not be obstructionists. During a DWIZ radio interview, Pimentel, a former Senate President, said the active minority would raise issues and observations ‘’from the point of view ng (of) constituti
Senators who are likely to comprise the minority bloc are moving to beef up their ranks ahead of the opening of the 19th Congress next month, even as they vowed to cooperate with their pro-administration colleagues on shared advocacies while ensuring checks and balances to prevent possible abuses.
The impeachment of Renato Corona as chief justice arose largely from the belief of Noynoy Aquino that it was a post-election midnight appointment made by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to protect her from the expected slew of corruption charges she would face once she lost her presidential immunity.
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday, June 1 called on the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to help free Senator Leila de Lima whom he said is a “feisty lady worthy of our respect.”
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto (Henzberg Aust