"Sounds like a good assurance from Comelec (Commission on Elections),’’ Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Wednesday, Jan. 5 said. Sotto issued the statement after a Comelec spokesman assured that the scheduled May, 2022 national and local elections would not be postponed . The electoral bod
The militant Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Friday criticized alleged “interest groups” in the government for pushing defense projects when its funds have been depleted by the pandemic.
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Senators want vehicle inspection, roadworthiness program suspended amid issues
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 9) Senators are calling for the suspension of the vehicle inspection and roadworthiness checks program, as issues continue to hound its implementation.
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Hindi maliwanag sa akin anong batas, what law, tell me, authorizes you to do this, to privatize these testing centers
? Meron bang batas? Ang tingin ko diyan overreach masyado yan eh,” Sen. Ralph Recto said during a Senate hearing. Recto is among the lawmakers urging the program s suspension until we find a better way forward.
[Translation: It’s unclear to me what law, tell me, authorizes you to do this, to privatize these testing centers? Is there such a law? I think this is too much of an overreach.]
Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chairperson Dante Jimenez (PNA file photo)
In a Facebook post on Saturday morning, Arsenio Evangelista, president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), shared the statement of Jimenez’s family regarding their patriarch’s passing.
“With deep sorrow, the Family announces the passing away of Dante La. Jimenez, PACC Chairman due to Aortic Aneurysm at 9:43 p.m., Friday, January 29, 2021,” the post read.
“We ask for your prayers for the eternal repose of a man who devoted his life in the crusade against crime and corruption and for good governance,” it added.
“We will miss him so dearly. May he rest in peace,” it furthered.