{"id":88150,"date":"2017-02-06T04:50:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T09:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88150"},"modified":"2017-02-06T04:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T09:50:43","slug":"senate-starts-debates-on-emergency-powers-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/06\/senate-starts-debates-on-emergency-powers-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate starts debates on emergency powers Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_88151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88151\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16422383_1407248925972984_9023371269454643145_o-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88151\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16422383_1407248925972984_9023371269454643145_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cWe would start the plenary debates for the emergency powers so that we will finish and approve the bill at the soonest,\u201d Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said Monday. (Photo: Grace Poe\/ Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16422383_1407248925972984_9023371269454643145_o-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16422383_1407248925972984_9023371269454643145_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16422383_1407248925972984_9023371269454643145_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16422383_1407248925972984_9023371269454643145_o-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe would start the plenary debates for the emergency powers so that we will finish and approve the bill at the soonest,\u201d Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said Monday. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sengracepoe\">Grace Poe\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013The Senate will open the period of interpellations for the proposed emergency powers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would start the plenary debates for the emergency powers so that we will finish and approve the bill at the soonest,\u201d Sen. Grace Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Poe expressed hope that emergency powers would be \u201cpart of the solution\u201d to country\u2019s the traffic woes and other transport problems.<\/p>\n<p>Under Committee Report No. 24 or \u201cAn Act Compelling the Government to Address the Transportation and Congestion Crisis Through the Grant of Emergency Powers to the President,\u201d Poe noted that alternative methods could be used to speed up implementation of key transportation projects.<\/p>\n<p>However, Poe said that if emergency powers will be approved, it will be valid and effective until the next adjournment of Congress \u2013or in June 2019 \u2013unless sooner withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>The senator meanwhile assured that the Senate would work double time to ensure that the emergency powers will significantly ease commuters\u2019 burdens.<\/p>\n<p>She also reminded the Department of Transportation (DOTr) that \u201cemergency powers is not a gift to the administration but a challenge that compels the Executive to move.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013The Senate will open the period of interpellations for the proposed emergency powers on Tuesday. \u201cWe would start the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":88151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[14732,4306],"class_list":["post-88150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-emergency-power","tag-senators","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}