It was probably not smart of Ilocos Sur Governor Luis “Chavit” Singson to admit on national TV that his son, Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson, is only pleading guilty to drug possession as a “legal strategy.” Hong Kong, where the younger Singson was arrested for allegedly bringing in cocaine and sleeping pills, may be a [...]
Ilocos Sur Representative Ronald Singson could lose his seat in congress if convicted for drug trafficking charges in Hong Kong. Pleading guilty to simple possession might make his colleagues at the House of Representatives more forgiving, though.
Much has been said about President Benigno Aquino’s speechwriter and the wine reviews and anthropological studies on Vietnamese men she posted on Twitter. Not much has been said of this tweet by Senator Francis Pangilinan, however:
The daring dawn raid we hinted at in the last post was not as daring as advertised. The Bureau of Customs raided Tondo Friday morning and seized 60 bags of onions smuggled in from China. At 10 pounds per bag, that comes to 600 pounds and a market value of around P17,680. Admittedly, [deputy Customs [...]
According to our baby mouse, a senator sent a media advisory today telling Senate media that a certain government agency will be conducting a raid on some people somewhere in just a few hours. The actual advisory was, of course, not that vague. The senator who sent it was actually pretty helpful with the details, [...]
Catanduanes Representative Cesar Sarmiento has a rather parochial approach to overpopulation. Which is not to say it isn’t valid, it just isn’t as sexy as throwing rocks at the (Papal) throne. Sarmiento says overpopulation should be blamed not on the Church but on the boredom that forces people with no access to electricity to rut [...]
This bit of news is a day old, but Senator Lito Lapid never gets old. Lapid wants the country’s schoolchildren to carry no more than 15 percent of their weight in their schoolbags, a measure that Education Secretary Armin Luistro was quick to pooh pooh.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has just filed a resolution against “provocative statements from a certain official of the Hong Kong administrative region” that were sent to Malacañang. (She means you, HK Chief Executive Donald Tsang.)
For the next few months, both houses of Philippine Congress will be tackling what is probably the most important law they will pass this year: next year’s national budget.