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ABANTE BACKS ABOLITION OF PCGG

The end of the  Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is not the end of government efforts to recover ill-gotten wealth. This is according to Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr., who in a television interview on Monday stressed that the functions of the PCGG would be taken over by agencies already mandated to […]

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BICAM APPROVES BILL STRENGTHENING THE OSG – GORDON

The congressional bicameral conference committee approved the reconciled version of a measure further strengthening the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG). The bicameral panel was able to reconcile the contrasting provisions of Senate Bill 1823 and House Bill 7376. Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate justice panel, said the reconciled version does not provide […]