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#TodayinHistory in 1986, 3 days after Corazon Aquino took her oath as 11th President of the Philippines, she issued EO No. 1, establishing the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). As of 2021, it has recovered 174 billion pesos of Marcos ill-gotten wealth. THREAD. 
Beginning in 1968, under the names "William Saunders" & "Jane Ryan," Pres. Ferdinand Marcos & First Lady Imelda Marcos deposited $950k in @CreditSuisse, stolen from US war reparations to #PH. The trail was pursued from the papers discovered left behind in Malacañang in 1986.
A month prior to the Ninoy Aquino assassination in 1983, the Marcoses purchased art pieces by renowned artists like Coffermans, Degas, Veronese, de Zurban and della Robbia, w/ value amounting to $2.2M. There are other artworks yet to be recovered.
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The Blue Ribbon Committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, continues its inquiry into the 2020 COA report on the budget utilization of the DOH in the fight against COVID-19.
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The Blue Ribbon Committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, continues its inquiry into the 2020 COA report on the budget utilization of the DOH in the fight against COVID-19.
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Sen. Richard Gordon presides over the inquiry into the 2020 COA report and other issues related to the DOH budget utilization, especially its COVID-19 expenditures. #SenatePH 1/2 @DickGordonDG
While other parties insisted that there is no overpricing in the procurement of supplies by the Procurement Service of the DBM, Gordon stressed there is fraud, waste, and abuse. #SenatePH 2/2 @DickGordonDG
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The Committee on Finance Subcommittee G, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, discusses the proposed 2022 budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and its attached agencies.
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The Committee on Finance Subcommittee G, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, discusses the proposed 2022 budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs and its attached agencies.
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Sen. Koko Pimentel supports DFA Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s position to reject attempts to sell Philippine properties in Tokyo, Japan. #SenatePH 1/3 @senkokopimentel
Locsin stressed that these properties are a memorial of what Filipinos suffered during World War II and he will not allow anybody to make money out of it. Pimentel added that no offers from private entities will be entertained by any DFA office or foreign service post. 2/3
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The Committee on Finance Subcommittee G, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, discusses the proposed 2022 budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office and its attached agencies.
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The Committee on Finance Subcommittee G, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, discusses the proposed 2022 budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office and its attached agencies.
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Sen. Franklin Drilon asks PCOO Usec. Kristian Ablan to submit to the committee the address, educational attainment, daily time record and job description of PCOO's 1,479 contract of service employees. #SenatePH 1/3
Drilon also asked PCOO officials to explain their proposed budget for the agency’s communications projects as well as the purpose of a Visayas media hub. #SenatePH 2/3
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Plenary Session No. 16
September 15, 2021
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Plenary Session No. 16
September 15, 2021
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Sen. Grace Poe, sponsor of SBN 2094 or the Public Service Act, answers questions from Sen. Recto. Recto asked why foreigners will not be allowed 100% ownership of airports while airlines will be allowed 100% foreign ownership under the bill. #SenatePH 1/2 @SenGracePOE
Poe said there are issues and one of them is the acquisition of land that should be taken into account. She added that opening up the airline industry to foreign investors will unburden government from trying to bail out ailing companies in this sector. #SenatePH 2/2
Sen. Sonny Angara scrutinizes the proposed budget of the Department of Finance and its attached agencies for next year. During the virtual hearing, Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III presented the achievements and the targets of the DOF. #SenatePH 1/2 @sonnyangara
Dominguez said the country managed its solid financial footing amidst the pandemic. He said this validates the good work of the DOF for the nation. DOF's budget for 2022 amounts to P23.18 billion, a 32.65% increase of this year’s budget amounting to P16 billion. #SenatePH 2/2
Sen. Joel Villanueva sees merit in the proposal of Sen. Imee Marcos to rightsize or abolish the Procurement Service of the DBM because the agency is not performing its mandate. #SenatePH 1/4 @senatorjoelv
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The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System holds an organizational meeting to discuss preparations for the 2022 national and local elections.
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The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System holds an organizational meeting to discuss preparations for the 2022 national and local elections.
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Sen. Risa Hontiveros asks Comelec about the local source code review of the software for the country's Automatic Election System in preparation for the holding of the 2022 elections. She asked who will be allowed to review the source code and how it will be carried out. 1/3
Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, citing Comelec Resolution 10712, said among the parties to be given the opportunity to inspect and examine the AES source code are interested political parties, information technology groups and other Filipino programmers. 2/3
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The Committee on Finance Sub-Committee C discusses the proposed 2022 budgets of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Dangerous Drugs Board, and other agencies.
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The Committee on Finance Sub-Committee C discusses the proposed 2022 budgets of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Dangerous Drugs Board, and other agencies.
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Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa presides over the hybrid hearing on the proposed 2022 budgets of the PDEA, Dangerous Drugs Board, Southern Philippines Development Authority, Mindanao Development Authority and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. #SenatePH 1/2
Dela Rosa also asked the officials of the agencies to present their accomplishments since the start of the current administration and their plans and programs for 2022. #SenatePH 2/2
The Commission on Appointments continues deliberating on the nomination of M/Gen. Bartolome Vicente O. Bacarro and the ad interim appointments and nominations of senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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Sen. Ping Lacson asks AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. about the command responsibility of a commandant officer where the plebe and an upperclassman are involved in hazing. #SenatePH 1/2 @iampinglacson
Faustino said that what they are looking at is the action of the officer right after the incident happened. The committee endorsed the nomination of Faustino and 5 other generals, including the ad interim appointments of 35 AFP senior officers, for confirmation by the CA. 2/2
[Thread] Senate convenes into the Committee of the Whole to conduct an inquiry on the National COVID-19 Vaccination Program. 11 January 2021
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SEN. DRILON: Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. in fairness, has been trying his best to address the many concerns of our countrymen due to the unchartered path that we have to take in view of this pandemic.
#COVID19PH #COVIDvaccinePH #WeHealAsOnePH
#COVID19PH #COVIDvaccinePH #WeHealAsOnePH
SEC GALVEZ: On behalf of the National Task Force Against Covid 19, thank you for giving us the opportunity to brief and update the members of the senate on the government’s current efforts to vaccinate the Filipino people under the leadership of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
#TodayinHistory in 1972, #PH Senator Benigno Aquino Jr. delivered a privilege speech on the Senate floor revealing a top secret military plot by #Marcos to place Manila & surrounding areas under PH Constabulary control. He revealed this as "Oplan Sagittarius." (THREAD) #history
Just a yr before, 2 grenades exploded at the miting-de-avance of the opposition at Plaza Miranda. The candidates were injured, and Pres. Marcos immediately blamed the Communists for the it. Yet LP won 6 of the 8 Senate seats in midterm elections.
As the Constitutional Convention convened to redraft the 1935 #PH Constitution, a series of bombings in Manila began in 1972, beginning March. It increased in frequency as September neared. Sightings reveal that bombers were uniformed state forces.
I'm pretty sure that it wasn't anti-Americanism that made #SenatePH, led by the great Jovito Salonga, reject the U.S. Military Bases Agreement in 1991. It wasn't a FAIR treaty on PH side since 1947.
As it wasn't FAIR & JUST on PH to have Pemberton be granted Absolute Pardon.
As it wasn't FAIR & JUST on PH to have Pemberton be granted Absolute Pardon.
Look at TBL's narrative meant to confuse the public—how he could just code switch like nothing happened. China-appeasement on a prev day, US-praises in the next.
Let's stick to the issue.
Was Absolute Pardon fair for Jennifer Laude and her family?
Was it JUST?
No. And no.
Let's stick to the issue.
Was Absolute Pardon fair for Jennifer Laude and her family?
Was it JUST?
No. And no.
And those who call for #JusticeForJenniferLaude will find many allies among the civil rights & LGBT rights movement in the U.S.
Let's not muddle the issue, shall we?
Let's not muddle the issue, shall we?
#TodayinHistory in 1983, Benigno "#Ninoy" Aquino Jr., former #PH senator & one of the opposition leaders vs. #Marcos regime, is assassinated at the tarmac of the Manila International Airport (now NAIA), upon alighting aircraft. This sends shockwaves to the nation. (THREAD).
From the time he was elected to the #SenatePH in 1967, Ninoy Aquino was Marcos' staunch critic. Ninoy alleged that Marcos was putting up a "garrison state" & trying to extend rule beyond the presidential term limit. tmblr.co/ZtGCUx2C1Ozo-
Upon #Marcos' proc of Martial Law put into effect at 8 pm of 22 Sept 1972, Ninoy Aquino was at top 1 of the military list. Aquino was arrested at midnight of 23 Sept at the Manila Hilton (now Manila Pavilion Hotel) in a bicam conference by soldiers. tmblr.co/ZtGCUx2CQ4Y16
#TodayinHistory in 1898, Lorenzo Tañada y Martinez, the longest-serving #Filipino senator (24 years in #SenatePH), staunch opposition leader vs. the Marcos dictatorship, & campaigner for the removal of U.S. military bases in #PH, is born in Gumaca, Quezon. (THREAD)
Born in the year when the Americans were already amassing troops in #PH, and when Filipinos were seeking international recognition for their independence, Tañada was the son of the last gobernadorcillo of Gumaca, and fourth of 9 children.
At the age of 14, Tañada became an activist, when he joined his classmates to boycott their American proctor for having required them to go to school even on weekends just to build a playground. He was an achiever. In 1924, he topped the pensionado exam, studying in the US.
