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On July 25, 2022, Zubiri, being the only nominee for the post, was elected as Senate President. [25] On May 20, 2024, Zubiri resigned as Senate President and was abruptly succeeded by Senator Francis Escudero. [26] It was revealed that 15 senators voted to oust Zubiri as Senate President, while seven senators voted to retain him, and the two ...
In an attempt to hasten the resolution of reforms in the Constitution, the House of Representatives approved Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH 7), an almost exact copy of RBH 6 which was earlier filed by Senate President Migz Zubiri and Senators Loren Legarda and Sonny Angara. The proposed amendments are on the ownership of and grant of ...
The Sandiganbayan acquits chief presidential legal counsel and former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, his former aide Gigi Reyes, and Janet Lim-Napoles, of plunder in connection with the pork barrel scam. [281] The Ombudsman releases a September 25 decision suspending Palompon, Leyte mayor Ramon Oñate for a year for various complaints. [282]
Running in only his second race in the May 14, 2007 senatorial elections, Pimentel was narrowly defeated by Bukidnon Congressman Miguel Zubiri for the 12th and last slot in the Philippine Senate. The narrow margin of 18,372 votes was controversial, particularly the votes from the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao , where Pimentel had ...
The Senate has sent a stopgap government funding bill to President Biden’s desk, averting a shutdown. The bill passed the House earlier in the day, wrapping up a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill ...
Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero was born on October 10, 1969, in Manila, Philippines, the second of the three children of the late Salvador "Sonny" Escudero III, who was then the director of UP Veterinary Hospital at the time of his birth and later served as the Agriculture Minister, representative of the first district of Sorsogon during the Marcos era, and Sorsogon representative until his ...
The 19th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, convened on July 25, 2022. The 19th Congress is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency , and will end on June 6, 2025.
The House voted 95-75 along party lines for House Bill 881, sending it to the Senate for further debate. Georgia House votes to revive prosecutor oversight panel as Democrats warn of targeting ...