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The burden of proof is on sectoral Reps. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group
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A House leader urged sectoral Rep. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas
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Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) said Magtubo
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"Rene should not be afraid of the investigation because he is a member of this
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CEBU CITY - There are no other anti-graft officials supporting the complaint of
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This was the clarification issued yesterday by Office of the Ombudsman Visayas
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Deputy Speaker Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol) has filed a bill seeking to
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Aumentado said House Bill 8758 has become imperative in light of medical
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Members of the House minority agreed yesterday to fasttrack the passage of a
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"To put an end to the Defensor issue, the minority is pushing for a bill that
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The decision was arrived at in a caucus held by members of the ruling Lapian ng
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"I have been telling them to join me in taking a lie detector  test," Defensor
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DEPUTY SPEAKER ERICO AUMENTADO

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Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) said Magtubo
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containing the sweetening agent saccharine.

Aumentado said House Bill 8758 has become imperative in light of medical
findings that saccharine is a carcinogen and thus, a health hazard to
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controversial case involving four young women arrested by police on suspicions
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Burden of proof on Magtubo - Villar

By Jess Diaz | May 9, 2000 - 12:00am

The burden of proof is on sectoral Reps. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas and Loreta Ann Rosales of Akbayan. Speaker Manuel Villar Jr.

Headlines

Albano urges Magtubo to attend ethics probe

By Jess Diaz | May 5, 2000 - 12:00am

A House leader urged sectoral Rep. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas yesterday to attend the projected ethics committee inquiry into his bribery allegations. Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano...

Headlines

Mojica all alone in fight vs Desierto?

April 15, 2000 - 12:00am

CEBU CITY - There are no other anti-graft officials supporting the complaint of Deputy Ombudsman Arturo Mojica against his superior, Ombudsman Aniano Desierto. This was the clarification issued yesterday by...

Headlines

Bill seeks ban on cancer-causing sugar substitute

March 26, 2000 - 12:00am

Deputy Speaker Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol) has filed a bill seeking to prohibit the sale and serving by any establishment of any sugar substitute containing the sweetening agent saccharine. Aumentado said...

Business

Bill to decriminalize vagrancy pushed

By Liberty Dones | March 7, 2000 - 12:00am

Members of the House minority agreed yesterday to fasttrack the passage of a bill decriminalizing vagrancy following the alleged interference of Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor in the "illegal arrest" of four...

Headlines

House junks initiative to override budget veto

March 7, 2000 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives doused cold water yesterday on an opposition initiative to override President Estrada's veto of several special provisions in the P629-billion 2000 budget. The decision was arrived...

Headlines

Defensor dares CPD policemen: Let's undergo lie detector tests

By Romel Bagares | March 5, 2000 - 12:00am

Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor challenged anew police officials yesterday to a lie detector test to prove who among them is telling the truth in the controversial case involving four young women arrested by...

Headlines