The Supreme Court has given the Centre and state governments four weeks to explain if lawmakers who are facing charges of sexual assault should be disqualified.
Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government.The 113th Congress will convene ...
Barack Obama said it himself in his first post-election press conference. Speaking at the White House on November 14, Obama said conversations with families, workers and small business owners along the campaign trail had left him convinced that average Americans deserved more from Washington.
The dysfunction of our political system is now sapping confidence from businesses and families. It may be the single biggest hurdle standing in the way of our prosperity. (Reuters) Barack Obama said it ...
At a famous Congress off-site meeting some years ago, an equally famous leader of India’s oldest political party had proclaimed, again famously, that the party was yet to acquire the mindset necessary for running a coalition government.
The Philippine's defense chief says the government has signed separate contracts worth 163 billion pesos (about $39 million) with Italian and South Korean companies to supply helicopters and trucks as part of efforts to...
At a famous Congress off-site meeting some years ago, an equally famous leader of India’s oldest political party had proclaimed, again famously, that the party was yet to acquire the mindset necessary for running a coalition government. Indeed, that view led to the rejection of the Congress plan to woo smaller regional parties and obtain their support to form a government at the Centre. That was ...
The Senate unanimously approved on Monday on third and final reading its version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, also called the People’s Ownership of Government Information (POGI) bill. Voting 17-0 , the senators passed Senate Bill 3208 (SB 3208) which mandates government agencies to grant citizens’ requests for access to information within 15 days. Only Sen. Joker Arroyo did not sign ...
