Published February 20, 2021, 4:07 PM
The proposal to convert the new Senate building into a modern hospital should be left to the discretion of the next batch of senators after the 2022 elections, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday, as he also disclosed that its construction has already been delayed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Sotto was asked in a radio interview to comment on the proposition supported by Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo to reconsider the construction of the new Senate building in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, and turn it into a “five-star hospital” instead.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo
Panelo said he agreed “1,000 percent” with former Presidential spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao that the planned new Senate home should instead be converted into a modern hospital to help treat patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The project, which reportedly costs P8.9 billion, had its groundbreaking at the Navy Village in Fort Bonifacio in March 2019.
“This is not the time to construct a Senate building, spending P5 billion to P9 billion kasi ang target daw nila tuloy-tuloy daw ang construction,” Panelo said during his “Counterpoint” program Friday, Feb. 19.
“Can you imagine? Naghahanap nga tayo ng pera para sa bakuna. Nangungutang nga tayo. Kailangan natin ng pera, ayuda doon sa mahihirap, nawalan ng trabaho. Pagkatapos magpapagawa tayo ng Senado, ubod ng laki, three towers pa nakita ko ‘yung design (We are looking for funds for vaccines. We’re even borrowing money. We need the money for ass
In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165. (File Photo: Senate of the Philippines/Facebook)
MANILA – A Muntinlupa court on Wednesday dismissed the demurrer to evidence filed by counsels of detained Senator Leila de Lima and her former aide Ronnie Dayan seeking to dismiss the drug charges against them.
In an omnibus order, Muntinlupa RTC Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan also denied the grant of bail for de Lima and Dayan in Criminal Case No. 17-165.
“The separate demurrers to evidence of accused Leila de Lima and Ronnie Dayan are both denied. The petition for bail filed by accused de Lima and Dayan are likewise denied,” Aquiatan said.
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