Parañaque City Rep. Gus Tambunting proposed granting emergency powers to the President to address the traffic problem in Metro Manila. The traffic gridlock impedes economic growth and makes life harder for working-class Filipinos.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday invoked rarely used emergency powers to bring an end to trucker-led protests against Covid health rules, after police arrested 11 people with a “cache of firearms” blocking a border crossing with the United States.
Malaysia’s king Sunday rejected a proposal by the premier to declare a state of emergency and suspend parliament to fight the coronavirus after the plan sparked a massive backlash.
President Rodrigo Duterte will certify as urgent the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, his spokesman said Thursday.
Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Ferdinand Gaite has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to utilize the emergency powers granted to him by Congress to hire additional health workers instead of relying on volunteers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate has warned the President Rodrigo Duterte’s emergency powers to address the COVID-18 crisis under the the Bayanihan Act could be “prone to abuse.”
Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is relieved that lawmakers had the good sense to tone down the emergency powers they granted to President Rodrigo Duterte under a national emergency plan to fight COVID-19.
What’s the concrete plan vs coronavirus? Senator Risa Hontiveros has warned that the additional powers granted by Congress to President Duterte may be prone to
Hindi umano kailangan ng gobyerno ang emergency powers para malutas ang
trapik.
Senator Grace Poe slams DOTr Arthur Tugade: Huwag isisi ang kawalan emergency powers sa matinding trapik
