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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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CIBAC Representative Joel Villanueva did not mince words at the recent decision of the Supreme Court affirming its earlier decision placing the conversation between former NEDA Secretary Neri and Mrs. Arroyo under the protective mantle of executive privilege and exempting Neri from answering further queries from the Senate.
“I am disappointed with the SC for the decision. For a Supreme Court that has been at the forefront of human rights protection and legal innovations, the decision is truly surprising, the public interest involved was proven to have far outweighed the privilege. It is hard to accept that the nine (9) members of the SC who affirmed the decision failed to see it,” the young solon said.
“The decision sends the message that transparency and accountability can be easily swept aside,” he added.
He further warned, “With that SC decision, I’m afraid Mrs. Arroyo may even appoint Jocjoc Bolante to a Cabinet post even before he gets deported back here. Goodbye transparency and accountability!”
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
Villanueva agreed, noting that authorities should show no mercy by immediately filing charges against Vietnamese poachers.
“The law should be harsh to these criminals. We should also expedite the baseline bill so we can be stronger in policing these areas,” he said.
Three lawmakers crossed party lines yesterday in calling for the prosecution of 13 Vietnamese caught poaching in El Nido, Palawan where some 101 dead marine turtles were found.
Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Palawan Rep. Abraham Mitra and Citizens Battle Against Corruption Rep. Joel Villanueva urged the government not to entertain a settlement under “diplomatic pressure,” saying lawbreakers should not be allowed to go scot-free.
Romualdez said government must protect its resources as provided for in the Constitution so that abuses of marine life by foreign poachers will be stopped.
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 |
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Naniniwala sina Citizens Battle Against Corrup-tion Rep. Joel Villanueva at Manila Rep. Bienvenido Aban-te na magandang promosyon sa Kampi ang pagkakapasok ni Pacquiao sa partido.
“It’s good promotion for Kampi, that’s for sure but the playing field in 2010 will be a lot different, maybe the bigger question is will it be enough to forget the performance of the outgoing President? We’ll see na lang,” ani Villanueva.
PINAWI kahapon ng isang kongresista ang pangamba ng “worried fans” ng 29 taong gulang na si people’s champion Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao na mapapahamak ang boksingero kung tatakbong senador dahil hindi naman ito kuwali-pikadong kandidato sa Se-nado sa ilalim ng Konstitus-yon.
Para sa kaalaman ng lahat, sinabi ni Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez na kaila-ngang 35 anyos ang edad ng isang kandidato sa Senado na malayung-malayo sa kaso ni Pacquiao.
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Friday, 29 August 2008 |
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The House of Representatives will conduct a thorough performance audit of every executive department before it can approve their budget under the proposed P1.415 trillion 2009 national appropriation submitted by Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya on Wednesday.
In a press statement, Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr. said the review is aimed at finding out if each department has “adequately complied” with its work programs and how it used its appropriations under the 2008 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Even the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will not get a budget cut as long as it has performed satisfactorily and used its 2008 outlay based on its work programs, according to Nograles, who is now engaged in a word war with Commissioner Ernesto Suansing of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), an agency directly under DOTC.
“If in case we determine during the course of our audit that a department did not perform as expected, the House will either recommend a budget cut or demand a policy change to ensure adequate compliance on the executive’s work programs next year,” he said.
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008 |
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Rep. Villanueva delivered a question of privilege on the escalating tiff between the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) on the latter’s refusal to pay taxes.
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege, both personal to me and affects this institution as a collective. The issues and questions I am to raise directly affects the duties, powers, integrity and reputation of this House. I stand to question the continuing attempts by the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation to circumvent the statutes passed by this House and even infringe on Congress’ power of the purse.
Over these recent months, I believe that all of us have read or heard the escalating tiff between the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Internal Revenue on one side and PAGCOR on the other side.
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