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Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, author of the NBI Modernization law, said the National Bureau of Investigation is “squandering a precious opportunity” to become an “effective, modern, and competent investigative body” as envisioned in the law he sponsored modernizing the agency. The involvement of ranking NBI officials in the kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Jee […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is asserting the need to confer the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) with “super” powers to more effectively carry outs its regulatory mandate over powerful players in the telecommunications industry. Gatchalian, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, is recommending that the NTC be granted additional authority to allow it to more […]
The tricky issue of who really regulates the country’s online gaming sector is depriving the government of its rightful revenue share, Senator Chiz Escudero said. “We need to address this issue with finality so we can finally plug the loopholes in foregone revenues from offshore gaming and put to rest the issue of the legality […]
Senator Richard J. Gordon on Tuesday stressed that the Philippine government has the final decision on issues involving the country’s sovereignty and territorial jurisdiction, adding that foreign embassies can, under international diplomatic practice, lobby and request – both verbally and in writing – action on issues of concern to the countries or nationals they represent. […]