Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. cited the Senate Thursday for
passing 49 national and 135 local bills “despite differences among
members that tried to shake the institution.”
“The Senate has remained steadfast on its
prime duty to legislate,” he said.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson, a prime critic of Villar,
agreed. He said the productivity of the Senate indicated that the
political and personal differences among senators did not affect the
Senate performance.
An administration lawmaker on Thursday petitioned the Supreme Court
to allow both houses of Congress to vote as one in a Constituent
Assembly to amend the Philippine Constitution.
AN award-winning leader of an international civil society group
warned Thursday that the foods Filipinos may be eating and the
cosmetics they are using may contain nano-scale ingredients that are
harmful to human health.
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