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Makatawag pansing kasuotan ng ibat-ibang klaseng terno, baro't saya at makukulay na kasuotang Muslim sa red carpet ng State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Taun-taon mayroon talagang mga miyembro ng media na red carpet fashion ang tinututukan.

Hindi lamang kasi ang talumpati ng Pangulo ang binabatikos.

Inuusisa rin ang mga kasuotan ng dumadalo sa SONA.

Kaya ang ilang mambabatas, ginawang daan ang red carpet sa SONA para mapansin ang isinusulong nilang batas at hinaing sa administrasyon.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Militant lawmakers again took advantage of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Aquino yesterday to express their sentiments through fashion. However, most of the female lawmakers were elegantly dressed in ternos done by famous Filipino designers.

The SONA for many years has become a fashion event for legislators, their spouses and families.  read more »

Overshadowed in Noynoy’s Second Annual Bashing of the Arroyos yesterday were the fashionable political statements some members of the House of Representatives tried to convey as they walked down the aisle of the largest bastion of conservatism in the country.

Militantly yet femininely, Emmie de Jesus of Gabriela donned a baby pink panuwelo creatively crafted by Marikina’s fashion designer par excellence, Ruel Rivera, with lilac nouveau art text spelling out her call to “Scrap eVAT.”  read more »

But opposition congressmen were disappointed. They scoffed at the Chief Executive’s failure to address more pressing issues and his letdown in certifying as urgent the Reproductive Health and the Freedom of Information bills.

House Minority Leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said he would counter the President’s SoNA in his “ledger” that will be presented Tuesday (July 26) in which he would highlight the shortcomings of the Aquino administration.

“Failures are heavier than the accomplishments,” he said.  read more »

Seven progressive lawmakers had filed a resolution “strongly opposing" plans to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

In House Resolution 1297 that was filed Monday, the lawmakers said Marcos “does not deserve a hero’s burial" after he committed “gross crimes against humanity, plunged the nation deeper into debt and foreign control and plundered the nation’s resources" during his 20-year term.  read more »

OUTGOING Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and Malacañang officials yesterday defended the appointment of national security adviser Norberto Gonzales to the defense portfolio.  read more »

Outgoing Defense chief Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Sunday assured that protecting human rights would remain the utmost priority of the department even under its newly appointed head, Norberto Gonzales.  read more »

MANILA - The militant party-list Bayan Muna formally announced that its top representative in the House of Representatives would be running for a seat in the Senate in the May 10, 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—Leftwing party list groups will field Representatives Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza in the May 2010 election in their first attempt to gain seats in the Senate.  read more »

MANILA - Negotiations for a potential alliance between the Nacionalista Party (NP) of Senator Manuel Villar and the extreme left are in the final stages, two weeks before the start of the filing of certificates of candidacy for the May 2010 polls.  read more »