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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 16) — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino «Koko» Pimentel on Wednesday questioned the National Food Authority (NFA) over the country's insufficient rice buffer stock.
RETIRED Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and a group of legal experts yesterday questioning before the Supreme Court (SC) the constitutionality of a joint memorandum circular and executive order that laid down the guidelines on the release, use, reporting, and audit of the executive’s confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs).
THE Senate deferred discussions on the budget of the Commission on Human Rights after Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano questioned the CHR chairman's vague stand on abortion.
DESPITE the significant slash in its budget, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) will still pursue its modernization program, putting to good use the Senate-allotted budget of P2.67 billion for next year.
MANILA, Philippines: Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Task Force Special Operations Chief Edison «Bong» Nebrija was suspended starting Thursday to ensure a fair investigation into reports in which he alleged that one of the vehicles that were apprehended along the EDSA Carousel Bus Lane belonged to Sen. Ramon «Bong» Revilla Jr.
MANILA, Philippines — A Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official was suspended yesterday for claiming that Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla was apprehended for using the EDSA Bus Carousel in Mandaluyong yesterday.
After more than a year and after several other names cropped up in the business grapevine, at last we finally have an agriculture secretary.
The acting chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority yesterday suspended Bong Nebrija, head of the MMDA’s Task Force Special Operations Unit. Nebrija’s offense? His handling of an incident along the EDSA busway. Nebrija had allowed the VIP to use the busway after being told by an MMDA traffic enforcer who had stopped the convoy that the VIP was Sen. Bong Revilla.