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15 SENATORS PUSH FOR SESSIONS, HEARINGS BY TELECONFERENCE DURING LOCKDOWN

Fifteen senators have filed a resolution seeking to allow the Senate to hold plenary sessions and committee hearings by teleconference while the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is still being enforced. In Senate Resolution No. 372, the senators pointed out that the imposition and extension of the ECQ in Metro Manila and specified provinces, as well […]

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HOUSE ELECTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS

The House of Representatives has begun the task of filling the membership of the different committees of the lower chamber where majority of the legislative processes take place. During plenary sessions, the House elected Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda as chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Elected as vice chairpersons were […]