The Supreme Court en banc has temporarily stopped a hero’s burial for the late President Ferdinand Marcos as it hears six petitions filed by martial law victims seeking to oppose the plan of the Duterte administration.
SC spokesman Theodore Te on Tuesday said the high court en banc during a session last August 16 accepted and consolidated the six petitions filed by groups of martial law victims, and “issued a status quo order for twenty days.”
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Several congressmen on Tuesday warned that the government’s plan to increase the excise tax on oil products will be an additional burden on consumers.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said the DOF’s plan will not benefit low-income wage earners who are already exempted from income taxes.
"They will not be spared from cascading burden of the tax relative to VAT and excise taxes on oil products because at the end of the line are the consumers, the very small wage earners who are not beneficiaries of the income tax deduction," Lagman said.
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Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Tuesday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to fire officials appointed by the previous administration was reminiscent of an order made by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos after declaring martial law.
In a press briefing, the minority lawmaker cited Marcos’ letter of instruction dated Sept. 29, 1972, which ordered all appointed officers of the national government to resign not later than October 15, 1972.
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Lawmakers from the so-called “legitimate” minority bloc in the House of Representatives said the move to invite Senator Leila De Lima to an investigation into the drug problem at the National Bilibid Prison violates parliamentary courtesy between the chambers of Congress.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said what Congress must do instead is to take up Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr.’s resolution to investigate the spate of extrajudicial killings of drug suspects at the height of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.
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MANILA, Philippines – Don’t bury him yet at the Libingan ng mga Bayani without a court order.
In an en banc decision on Tuesday, August 23, the Supreme Court issued a status quo ante order (SQAO) to all parties involved in the Marcos burial case, prohibiting them from burying him at the Libingan ng mga Bayani for the next 20 days.
Albay Representative Edcel Lagman told reporters that they were informed about the SC decision Tuesday. “That means to say the present situation, where there is no burial of the late President Marcos, will be respected by all parties concerned,” Lagman said. “Effectively, it would be similar to a TRO.”
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