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THE Commission on Elections has perpetually disqualified from holding public office five candidates who lost during the last two elections due to their failure to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs).
SENATE President Francis Escudero yesterday said he will propose that the Public Attorneys’ Office handle cases of dissolution of marriage to make it accessible to the poor who are in unworkable marriages.
SENATE president pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada believes the Committee on Women probe on the ills of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators industry has not been sidetracked because the panel is trying to establish the real identity of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, which is a national security concern.
SENATORS expressed their belief yesterday that Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac is not a Filipino citizen after major discrepancies were found in her birth certificate issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
THE Department of Justice yesterday said the Chinese Embassy can be held liable for violating the Philippines’ anti-wiretapping law for recording a phone conversation between one of its officials and a Filipino military general, without the latter’s consent.
THE Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs yesterday ordered the detention of former narcotics agent Jonathan Morales after he was cited in contempt for lying that he did not misrepresent himself when he applied as an agent of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in 2009.
SEN. Imee Marcos yesterday said she will do everything to “salvage” the UniTeam following cracks that are slowly dividing the tandem of her brother, President Marcos Jr, and Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) who recently issued harsh statements against the Chief Executive.