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ZAMBOANGA CITY - Representative Mujiv Hataman of the lone district of Basilan has filed a bill seeking to reapportion the province into two legislative districts. Hataman said in a statement Tuesday that House Bill 10407, which was filed on Monday, would allow the local government to keep up with the increasing population of Basilan province, which is made up of two component cities and 11 municipalities. The two component cities are Isabela and Lamitan, while the 11 towns are Tuburan, Mohammad Ajul, Akbar, Tipo-Tipo, Al-Barka, Ungkaya Pukan, Sumisip, Tabuan-Lasa, Lantawan, Hadji Muhtamad, and...

Perhaps one of the most strained departments right now with everything else it's tackling. talk to us a little bit about how you see the justice department going about this and trying to reverse this trend of voter suppression. >> great. i haven't heard the beginning, so pardon me if i repeat anything, but basically, you know, the justice department has had, traditionally, strong legal tools to enforce the voting rights act. the strongest of which was called section 5, which required before many states and jurisdictions passed any sort of restrictive voting plan to have that pre-cleared by the...

I still think what georgia's doing, what texas is doing, what arizona's contemplating doing is so extreme that even the restrictive section 2 interpretation that the supreme court gave it earlier this year, the -- these laws aren't going to stand up under it, so, there's lots to do. >> i was going to say, i can't think of any greater threat to our democracy than diminishing the right of people to vote in this country. neal katyal, thank you. good to see you. that's going to do it for me. the next hour of "deadline white house" with jason johnson starts right after this quick break. its right a...

Arizona just a few months ago and i think what the attorney general has done over the past few months, attorney general garland, is say i'm going to enforce section 2 as it's written to the tee and so he's actually filed a lawsuit against georgia, saying, look, your new voting restrictions violate section 2 of the voting rights act and what he's doing now in signaling today and yesterday is he's going to bring aggressive enforcement actions against other places that do this, and this is so important because we're seeing an unprecedented attack on voting in this country. you know, that should b...

COVID: TRIPS Council agrees to start text-based talks on patent waiver proposal The TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization WTO on Wednesday agreed with consensus to start text-based negotiations on a proposal submitted by India and South Africa seeking patent waivers to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, an official said. PTI | New Delhi | Updated: 09-06-2021 19:33 IST | Created: 09-06-2021 19:33 IST Country: SHARE The TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday agreed with consensus to start text-based negotiations on a proposal submitted by India and South Africa se...