Published January 16, 2021, 7:24 AM
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar announced on Friday that the main trunk line of Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 from Buendia, Makati City up to North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) in Balintawak, Quezon City is now open, cutting travel time between the two points to 20 minutes.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, assisted by Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar and San Miguel Corporation Chief Operating Officer Ramon Ang, leads the unveiling of the marker of the Metro Manila Skyway 3 (MMSS-3) Project during the inauguration ceremony at the Del Monte Toll Plaza in Quezon City on January 14, 2021.
Leaders of the House of Representatives expressed confidence Saturday that there is enough time to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The resurrection of the proposed Charter Change, as far as economic provisions are concerned, got the support of Negros Occidental
Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza
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Atienza, a staunch ally of incumbent Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, used the playful phrase in a statement Friday in which he criticized BTS for allegedly mishandling the House of Representatives’ oversight function when Taguig-Pateros Rep. Cayetano was still head honcho of the chamber.
Atienza did not explain why he chose the vegetable ampalaya (bitter gourd) to describe Cayetano’s crew, but it can be inferred that he and House Senior Deputy Speaker Doy Leachon view the group the same way.
Oriental Mindoro Rep. Leachon jokingly said Wednesday that the “BTS” in BTS coalition meant “Bitter Talaga Sila (They’re really bitter).”
Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“Considering the tight timeline, I call for an early approval of the amendments to these economic provisions by the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chaired by (AKO-Bicol Party-List) Cong Pido Garbin so that this can be sent to the plenary of the House of Representatives,” Rodriguez said on Friday.
The Garbin panel began tackling Resolution of Both Houses 2 (RBH 2), which proposes amendments to certain economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution (particularly on Articles II, XIV and XVI) only last Wednesday.
Rodriguez chaired the Constitutional Amendments panel up until the time that Speaker Lord Allan Velasco designated him as one of his deputy speakers late last year.