MANILA, Philippines: Sen. Francis Joseph Chiz Escudero called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to rein in his cousin, Speaker Martin Romualdez and advise him to hold a ceasefire with the Senate so that Congress would focus on the nation s woes.
AT least three senators have expressed their opposition to the plan of former president Rodrigo Duterte to conduct a signature campaign to separate Mindanao from the Philippines.
FOR lack of merit, the Civil Service Commission Davao Region (CSC 11) has dismissed Commissioner Jo Mark Libre’s appeal, upholding their 2019 decision that found him guilty of malpractices during his tenure as a faculty member at a school in Davao in 2016.
THE Senate will provide a budget for the establishment of new facilities at the Ayungin Shoal and Kalayaan Island, Sen. Francis Joseph Chiz Escudero said Tuesday.