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LIBANAN BATS FOR BODY TO PROBE DRUG WAR KILLINGS

House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order the creation of an independent fact-finding commission to investigate the extrajudicial killings associated with the previous administration’s controversial war on drugs. “We urge the President to form a panel – similar to the Agrava Fact-Finding Board – that will probe […]

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MARCOS AMNESTY PLAN TO HEAL NATION – LIBANAN

“An act of grace that will help heal the nation.” This was how House of Representatives Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s plan to grant amnesty to individuals who may have committed violations of existing laws in pursuit of their political beliefs. “Forgiveness is necessary in conflict resolution. We are in full […]

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RETROACTIVE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN PUSHED

House Minority Leader Nonoy Libanan is batting for a new retroactive retirement plan for the country’s foreign service officers, in a bid to upgrade their pensions when they reach old age or suffer some other disability. As proposed by Libanan in House Bill No. 4077, a Foreign Service Retirement Program would be launched under the […]