Catherine S. Valente
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Pangilinan tells DA, NFA to gear up for rice purchases (opens the original)
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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) to demonstrate their readiness to buy rice directly from rice-producing provinces, saying government support should go beyond helping farmers produce their crops to ensuring they have a reliable market for their harvest. Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform, said the government should prepare a province-by
2 Davao properties arenât in VPâs SALN (opens the original)
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TWO properties in the Davao Region registered in the name of Vice President Sara Duterteâs husband, lawyer Manases Carpio, have no exact corresponding entries in Duterteâs 2025 statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Land Registration Authority officials testified before the Senate impeachment court on Thursday. Davao City Register of Deeds IV Kathy Florence Baldonado and Island Garden City of Samal Deputy Register of Deeds III Marco Pineda took the witness stand on the 32nd d
Trillanes withdraws as impeach witness (opens the original)
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FORMER senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Thursday he had asked the House prosecution panel to withdraw his name as a witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, saying this would relieve the “pressure” on the prosecution panel. Trillanes did not elaborate on the supposed “pressure” faced by prosecutors but said he would hold a press conference on Friday to present what he would have disclosed during the trial. “Earlier in the day, I requested the House prosecution under C
Escudero pushes reform of realty installment law (opens the original)
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SEN. Francis Escudero is calling for the overhaul of the 54-year-old Republic Act (RA) 6552, or the Realty Installment Buyer Act, to strengthen protections for Filipinos buying homes and other real estate through installment payments. Escudero, chairman of the Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement, said the law needs to be updated to reflect today’s housing and financial realities, particularly for families who risk losing years of payments because of a missed installment.
SC dismisses petition questioning June 3 Senate session that installed Gatchalian (opens the original)
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MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition challenging the validity of the June 3, 2026 Senate session that resulted in the election of Sen, Sherwin Gatchalian as acting Senate president. Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan disclosed the ruling Thursday in a social media post, attaching a copy of the resolution dismissing the petition for certiorari filed by Valeriano Loon and Zigfred Diaz as taxpayers, officers of the court and in the public interest. In an Aug. 26 resolution,
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