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Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri urged members of the House of Representatives to adopt the Upper Chamber’s version of a resolution providing for separate voting as a means to amend restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. He said adopting the Senate’s Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 will avoid …

An Indian employee from Cadila Pharmaceuticals shows limited packs of Risorine capsules at its manufacturing facility on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day in Dholka, some 40 kms from Ahmedabad on March 24, 2015. /Sam Panthaky / AFP / (Eagle News)–Several local drug manufacturers have signed up to participate in the production …

Senate sees end of RBH talk in Oct., 7 months after House House leaders reminded senators that the 1987 Constitution is silent on whether Congress should vote separately or as one on proposed Charter amendments. Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. and Deputy Majority Leader and Tingog …

A joint venture led by South Korean firm Miru Systems bagged the nearly P18-billion contract for the full automation system with transparency audit count (FASTrAC) project for the May 2025 national and local elections, Commission on Elections chairman George Garcia announced Thursday. The contract includes 110,000 automated counting machines, 104,345 …

Photo from Senate of the Philippines’ Official FB page A House leader yesterday raised concerns over the realignment of some P13-billion allocation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) last year to other social amelioration programs that deprived nearly 900,000 families, or 4.3 million Filipinos, of aid. Deputy Speaker and …

TOPSHOT – Presidential candidate and Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (L) speaks on the stage with vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP) (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Thursday, Feb. 22, congratulated Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who is expected to win his country’s presidential …

The South Korean firm Miru Systems bagged the nearly P18 billion contract for the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) full automation system with transparency audit count (FASTrAC) project for the May 2025 National and Local Elections (NLE), according to poll chairman George Garcia. “The contract includes 110,000 automated counting machines, 104,345 …

President Bongbong Marcos on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, visited the wake.of OFW Jullebee Ranara, whose burnt body was discovered in a Kuwait desert days before./PCO/ (Eagle News)–The Department of Migrant Workers has revealed plans to file a separate civil action against the camp of the Kuwaiti convicted of the murder …

KOJC boss admits he’s in hiding; FBI denies reward money, US sees him ‘facing justice’ Apollo Quiboloy, the beleaguered leader of religious group Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) and founder of the television network SMNI, said he is currently in hiding because of an alleged assassination plot against him. Quiboloy, …

The House Committee of the Whole will start discussions on the Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 next week and may finish after three hearings or before Congress goes on Holy Week break next month. Lanao del Norte Rep. Khalid Dimaporo said it may only take three hearings to …