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LIBANAN RE-ELECTED AS HOUSE MINORITY BLOC LEADER

4Ps Representative Nonoy Libanan has been re-elected as House minority leader. Libanan won a unanimous vote from the 27-member minority bloc in a caucus held shortly after Isabela Representative Faustino Dy III was elected the new Speaker.  Dy’s election came after Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez resigned from the country’s fourth-highest elective post. The minority group […]

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ABANTE TO DEPED: PILOT TEST NEW LEARNING MODES FIRST BEFORE OPENING CLASSES

With the Department of Education (DepEd) reporting dismal enrollment figures for the upcoming school year, House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. aired his sentiments on viable options the agency can adopt to allow the country’s students to continue with their education this August. Abante acknowledged that “the fears of parents nationwide is understandable” and that […]

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THOROUGH REVIEW OF GCTA LAW NEEDED – ABANTE

The minority bloc of the House of Representatives is calling for a thorough review of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) Act law following the congressional hearings on the contentious law conducted in both chambers of Congress. In a press conference, House Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. stressed the need for a review of the […]