Malolos, Bulacan – Senator Mar Roxas said the people deserve better than what the government is doing to address the current political crisis, which stemmed from anomalies involved with the government’s contract with ZTE Corp. of China for a National Broadband Network (NBN) project. “We are a great nation. We are a great people. We […]
Archive for February 28, 2008
Roxas: "We deserve better than this"
February 28, 2008Roxas to PGMA: "Save the Republic"
February 28, 2008Davao City – Senator Mar Roxas on Wednesday made a call to the President to “save the Republic,” in light of controversies arising from the anomalous government contract with ZTE Corp. for a National Broadband Network. At the sidelines of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines’ Mindanao Island Cluster Congress, Roxas outlined to reporters […]
Sen. Mar Roxas with CBCP
February 28, 2008Senator Mar Roxas and several lawmakers (right photo) discuss the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) with members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP, left photo), in a meeting Thursday morning at the Pope Pius Catholic Center in Paco, Manila. Roxas stressed that any extension of the CARP should not be “for the […]
Roxas calls on AMLC to verify Madriaga testimony
February 28, 2008Senator Mar Roxas said the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) should verify alleged fund transfers in relation to the controversial ZTE-National Broadband Network (NBN) project, as per the testimony of Engr. Dante Madriaga, a self-claimed consultant to ZTE Corp. On Tuesday, Roxas made a motion to the Senate Joint Committee investigating the anomalous NBN project to […]