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Velasco to unseat remaining Cayetano stewards
By Fernan Angeles A WEEK after assuming House leadership, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco hinted at replacing several committee chairmen over the congressional break. “During the recess, I would evaluate actually some of the posts in the committees and see if they are still performing or they need to be changed,” Velasco was quoted as saying…
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Senate, House clash looms
By Fernan Angeles BREWING confrontation looms between the Senate and the House of Representatives as Senate President Vicente Sotto III drew first blood by lambasting House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano over statements. Reacting to Cayetano’s statement, Sotto warned the public not to be misled after the House Speaker blamed them if the P4.5-trillion 2021 budget…