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Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Albee Bantug Benitez FILE PHOTOTHE HOUSE of Represe stanley cup ntatives has approved on third and final reading a bill granting more powers to local government units LGUs to take over private and government land for urban poor housing projects.Voting 171-0 on Monday night, House members approved House Bill No. 6342 or An Act Strengthening the Right of Local Government Units to Expropriate Lands for the Benefit of the Landless.Article continues after this advertisement Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo A stanley cup lbee Benitez, chair of the House committee on housing and urban development, who sponsored the bill, said the measure would address the huge housing backlog by relaxing rules on the acquisition of land for housing projects.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationUnder the bill, Benitez said LGUs would be allowed to expropriate any land within their jurisdiction even if still subject of a court case.The bill, Benitez explained, also allows the expropriation of land even if its ownership is still subject of a pending court litigation which was one of the main stumbling blocks to the construction of relocation facilities in the same area.The bill also provided that all idle lands in urban and urbanizable areas would be expropriated unless the starbucks stanley cup owner intr Yfqk Chikungunya outbreak declared in North Cotabato town
MANILA, Philippines mdash; You are under oath, please kindly tell the truth,was Senator Nancy Binayrsquo gentle advice toInterior Secretary Manuel Mar Roxas II duringTuesdayrsquo Senate hearing on th stanley thermos e Mamasapano incident.Article continues after this advertisement Just a gentle reminder, last hearing when I asked you if you informed the President parang di ho nakasagot then yesterday nabanggit nrsquo;yo you t stanley cup uk exted pala the President ng 8 a.m. You are under oath so please kindly tell the truth,Binay told Roxas.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderThe senator thenaskedRoxas what was the Presidentrsquo reply tohis text message when he informed the Presidentabout theMamasapano operation last Jan.25.But before answeringBinayrsquo question, Roxasreacted first to the senatorrsquo insinuation that he was not being truthful in his testimony in the ongoing Senate investigation on the incident.If I may, I have been and always will tell the truth. I did not at anytime commit what yoursquo;re implying in your statement, madam senator, said Roxas.As to the senatorrsquo query,Roxassaid President Benigno Aquino IIIsimply replied thank you to his text.Article continues after this advertisement Roxas ra stanley cup uk n but lost to Binayrsquo fat
