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Drilon: Manifestation regarding GOCC allowances
Sep 1st
(Addressing the Honorable Juan Ponce Enrile, Senate President)
Mr. President, as the chamber is aware, the committee on finance has been conducting hearings on the compensation of GOCCs and the reason why I’m standing up today is to urgently request the President to suspend the allowances of the board of directors of the GOCCs because as we talk now, as we are talking today, these abuses continue unabated and unless the President immediately orders the suspension of these obscene allowances, public interest will continue to suffer. I am therefore proposing Mr. President that the Senate passes a resolution, subject to style, More >
Our workers deserve wage increases
Apr 30th
Why does the the Arroyo administration remain indifferent to the plight of Filipino workers? Majority of them continue to suffer from the ill-effects of a mismanaged economy, yet Malacanang seems more concerned in defending its midnight appointments involving individuals close to the President.
Labor day will be another sad day for the Filipino worker. As a former Labor Secretary in the Cory Aquino Administration, I am alarmed at our current situation where millions of workers remain underemployed or are forced to find jobs in others countries because of the lack of employment opportunities at home. Traditionally, government grants wage benefits or outight salary hikes More >
14.
Jan 27th
Sa balota >> ● 14. DRILON <<
Bumoto para sa katotohanan at hustisyang pantay-pantay. Patas ang laban kung papalitan ang mga corrupt. Ibalik ang BIG MAN!
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Disqualification case is harassment
Dec 7th
The disqualification case filed against me by Vlademir Cabigao is a nuisance suit. This smacks of the desperate harassment tactics that Malacanang is infamous for employing against its political critics.I anticipated that a petition of this nature would be brought against me so I took the initiative and asked for a legal opinion from the Comelec. Last September 19, Atty. Ferdinand Rafanan, Chief of the Comelec’s Legal Department, replied and stated that what the 1987 Constitution prohibited was the immediate reelection of a senator for a third term following two consecutive terms. To quote Rafanan, “A senator can run after More >
Drilon in Tondo
Jun 3rd
ONE WITH THE MASSES: Former Senate President and Liberal Party National Chairman Frank Drilon gets a blood pressure reading from a volunteer during a medical outreach mission held at Barangay Parola in Tondo, Manila last Saturday, May 23. Drilon, an advocate of good governance as the answer to the prevailing poverty problem in the Philippines, was invited as guest of the affair by Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Councilor Bobby Lim.
ON STAGE WITH MAYOR LIM: Former Senate President and Liberal Party National Chairman Frank Drilon shares the stage with Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim and Parola Barangay Chairman Bibiano Navarra during More >
Drilon opens car show
Jun 1st
RIBBON CUTTING IN TRINOMA: Former Senate President and Liberal Party National Chairman Franklin Drilon cuts the ceremonial ribbon during the opening of the 3rd Car Manufacturers’ and Distributors’ Expose (Luxury Car Series) car show at the Trinoma Activity Center in Quezon City last Saturday, May 23. With him are car show organizers Lucy Uy, Niko Sebastian, actress Aiza Marquez, celebrity endorser Jessy Mendez and Priest Fr. Lawrence Logo. Drilon was invited as a guest of honor in recognition to his past legislative performance in support of the car industry.
CAR SHOW ORGANIZERS: Former Senate President and Liberal Party National Chairman Franklin More >
DLSU tops Frankahan debates
Apr 8th
Dino de Leon, Robin Sebolino, and Bianca Lagdameo from the DLSU Debate Society powered past the team from the Ateneo Debate Society, composed of Gica Mangahas, Miko Biscocho, and Steph Co, during the the action-packed finale of Square Off: Frankahan, the Drilon Debates at the Loop Studio at the ABS-CBN complex on April 1, 2009.
DLSU wins its first ‘Square Off’ by beating ADMU
With the Ateneo Team composed of Gica Manghahas, Miko Miscocho and Setph Co and their supporters
Drilon chatting with winners and Host Twink Macaraig
Former Senate President and Liberal Party (LP) National Chairman Frank Drilon served as the night’s Chief More >
Why the “double speak?”
Nov 24th
The Arroyo administration is guilty of “double speak” on the issue of charter change. The deceitful moves of Malacañang and its allies only reinforce suspicions that the exercise is intended to extend the president’s stay in power beyond 2010.
While President Arroyo appears to be no longer be interested in pushing for Charter Change and extending her term, her eldest son, Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, was spearheading a signature campaign in the House of Representatives to amend the 1987 Constitution through a constituent assembly.
The double speak of Malacañang on the issue to Charter Change is too obvious to ignore. It More >
Teehankee release is blatant abuse of discretion
Oct 7th
I denounce Malacanang’s “blatant abuse of discretion in the exercise of executive clemency” in the controversial release of convicted murderer Claudio Teehankee Jr.
I express alarm over the abuse of discretion showed by President Arroyo when she disregarded the rules in the application of executive clemency in the Teehankee case. Just a bit of information, I led the justice department as secretary in the prosecution of Teehankee in 1991.
Claudio Teehankee Jr. walked out of prison in the dead of the night on October 3, because he had access to power, because he had access to President Arroyo and Justice Secretary Raul More >
Mindanao state post-GMA only
Aug 12th
“Whatever its noble intentions, the prospect of Charter Change under the Arroyo administration will always be suspect. Given the awfully low credibility of the President among Filipinos today, I am afraid the chances of setting up a federal state of Mindanao under the current dispensation is next to nil.”
However, when Congress is convened as a Constitutional Assembly, its powers to amend the Constitution cannot be limited only to a shift to a federal system as required by the proposal to establish a federal state of Mindanao.
All provisions will be open to Charter Change once the Constitutional Assembly is convened and More >
