Malacañang distanced itself on the proposed measure to declare September 11 a holiday in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the birth anniversary of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. | KAguilarINQ
With 197 affirmative votes, 9 negative, and one abstention, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on final reading a bill declaring September asThe bill was authored by Ilocos
Norte 1st District Rep. Ria Fariñas, Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Angelo Marcos Barba and Probinsyano Ako Rep. Rudys Caesar Fariñas., saying a bill of local application “is not really debated upon.”
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