Kasabay ng pagpapahintulot kahapon ng korte na ilagay sa ‘temporary hospital arrest’ ang akusadong si dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, iginiit kahapon ni Senate President Pro-Tempore Jinggoy Estrada na ipalipat sa Philippine Orthopedic Center sa Quezon City ang huli.
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Resolution for the House of Representatives through the Committees on Oversight, Natural Resources, Trade and Industry and Transportation to conduct an Investigation in aid of Legislation on the Transport of Endosulfan in the Sunken MV Princess of the Stars toward Legislating Policies on the Ban and/or Regulation of the Use and Transport of Toxic Chemicals and pesticides and the Review of RA 6969.
Gabriela Women’s Party criticized today the Supreme Court decision
allowing Secretary Romulo Neri to invoke executive privilege in the
Senate investigation of the multi-billion NBN-ZTE deal as a very
dangerous precedent that virtually gives the president a cloak of
immunity from accountability.
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The women’s partylist group Gabriela
criticized today moves spearheaded by a pseudo-partylist group, Babae
Ka to discredit NBN-ZTE witness Rodolfo Jun Lozada.
“The cases filed by Babae Ka against Jun Lozada are meant to harass
him and and his family into silence. This is a move that benefits only
those that have been accused of large-scale corruption and bribery in
the senate investigations. This is a move to protect Mrs. Arroyo and
the first family,” said Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza.
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GABRIELA Women’s
Party Representative Liza Maza today scored the Committee on Foreign
Affairs for the cancellation of its meeting on Thursday to supposedly
discuss the JMSU and the questions surrounding the constitutionality of
the said agreement. “This indicates attempts of Malacanang and its
allies to cover up possible violations of the Constitution.”
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