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Philippines’ Congress to prioritize EPIRA changes as Senate junks ‘Cha-cha’

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Congress to prioritize EPIRA changes as Senate junks ‘Cha-cha’

THE PHILIPPINE Senate would put proposals to change the 1987 Constitution on the back burner and would instead focus on measures to boost the military amid growing tensions with China, according to the Senate president.

The chamber would also pass bills that seek to boost healthcare and jobs while easing hunger, Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero said in a speech as Congress resumed sessions on Monday.

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At the weekend, he said they would tackle a proposal to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) amid blackouts.

The Senate will also push changes to the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE), particularly lower taxes on domestic and foreign companies.

Mr. Escudero said Congress should go beyond laws that only benefit big business, and find solutions to problems with healthcare, joblessness and poverty.

“We will take peaceful measures to defend our people’s right to sail in our seas and fish in our waters, as what our ancestors had done, and what our children and grandchildren shall do,” he added.

The Senate in December passed a bill that seeks to boost the country’s defense program through investments in local defense equipment manufacturing. The measure will give the Department of National Defense P1 billion in seed funding.

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Also on Monday, Speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said the House of Representatives would also seek changes to EPIRA.

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He said changes to EPIRA, which liberalized the power industry, would bring down electricity prices and ease inflation.

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It would now fast-track changes to EPIRA and a bill that seeks to extend the lease period for foreign investors. Other pending measures include amendments to the Agrarian Reform law and another that will modernize national defense.

“We have to continue building roads, highways, ports, school buildings and climate change-proof structures to maintain and expand economic growth,” Mr. Romualdez said. “I emphasize our commitment to pass the remaining priority bills before the end of the third regular session.”

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Jose Enrique “Sonny” A. Africa, executive director of think tank IBON Foundation, said it is wrong to equate economic progress with growth given the increasing number of poor Filipino families.

“Most Filipinos haven’t become better off because of this growth,” he told BusinessWorld. “The number of self-rated poor families has soared by 3.4 million since the start of the Marcos administration from 12.6 million in June 2022 to 16 million in June 2024.”

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The Man Behind Trump’s VP Pick: It’s Worse Than You Think

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

While J.D. Vance has his own controversies, his close connection to billionaire Peter Thiel, who is poised to have unprecedented influence in a new Trump administration, should deeply unsettle every American who cares about freedom, privacy and reining in the surveillance state.

The Man Behind Trump’s VP Pick: It’s Worse Than You Think

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Jordan Peterson Shills for the Zionist Entity

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

https://youtu.be/BcC-AEV2qE4

Aug 27, 2022 — The Canadian academic, Jordan Peterson, has raised the ire of Muslims around the world with his latest video he proceeds to lecture Muslims on opening up to other groups of people.

He even suggests that they must begin penpal relationships with different sects, including Jewish people. The caption for the video states clearly what the motive behind the video is: “In the aftermath of the Abraham Accords, Dr Jordan B Peterson suggests that the Muslim community can set a historical example by reaching across the aisle and making contact with whom they regard as “the enemy.” But what about the media platform which produced the video with Peterson?

Shapiro is “a friend” of the US Special Envoy for Economic Normalization, Aryeh Lightstone, and has hosted several interviews to promote the Abraham Accords, including with admitted liar Mike Pompeo. Ben Shapiro once tweeted that “Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage.

The Daily Wire has recently signed him for a substantial figure. It is managed on a day-to-day basis by Chief Operating Officer, Jon Lewis, who is a former Intelligence Analyst in the US Marine Corps. It also employs former US Military Intelligence officer, Wesley Schmidt, in Customer Service Analytics. One of the founders of The Daily Wire is Ben Shapiro, a well known pro-Israel YouTuber.

Prior to founding The Daily Wire, Shapiro was a Shillman Fellow at the controversial David Horowitz Freedom Center. His role was provided by Robert Shillman, a board member of The Friends of the IDF, who pumps millions into the building of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

The other founder of The Daily Wire, Jeremy Boreing was intimately involved in the Prager University project founded by Israel lobbyist Dennis Pragar. The CEO PragerU is Marissa Streit, formerly of the military intelligence unit 8200 in the Israeli occupation forces. The current Senior Editor and Researcher at PragerU is Richard Lim who was previously Deputy Associate Director at the White House and then went onto be a Program Analyst at the FBI.

The Daily Wire not only shared Jeremy Boreing with the PragerU project, but also funders. Both organizations were financed by fracking billionaires the Wilks brothers. The Wilks brothers provided the seed funding for The Daily Wire and regular financial support for the PragerU. Dan Wilks foundation also lavished financial support on Liberty Counsel which has a Stand With Israel campaign which consists of tours of the apartheid state and includes briefings by Israeli government, military, business, and academic leaders.

Both Shapiro and the PragarU project have also enjoyed funding from the Bradley Foundation which has financed a panoply of Zionist organizations including ones involved in illegal settlement building in the West Bank. So, we see that the media organization behind Jordan Peterson’s normalization video has considerable links to not only US but Israeli intelligence.

Jordan Peterson Shills for the Zionist Entity via World Liberation in Progress