Lighting it up in the Senate The Senate passed on third reading the bill increasing excise taxes on cigarettes. Funds raised would be used to fund the universal health care program.
Will the amount enough to fund the ambitious program? Or will the program go up in smoke? And will higher tobacco taxes prevent smokers from lighting up some more?Things in the Senate are boiling over. Cameras caught Sen. Cynthia Villar in an outburst over a resolution of support for Senate President Tito Sotto. Newcomers in the Senate want to carry Villar to the Senate presidency. Sen. Risa Hontiveros will be guest on Early Edition and Sen. Chiz Escudero will be guest on Headstart.
At the House of Representatives, some aspirants to the post of House Speaker will be meeting with the party list coalition in bid to court their vote. Outgoing Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is expected to delivery her valedictory address with a list of the achievements of the Lower House.The Senate approved on third reading a bill that would send hackers of the banking system to prison for life.
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