KING FAMILY CONDEMNS USE OF BUSINESSMAN’S DEATH IN DE LIMA SENATE PROBE

screenshot image credit:youtube.com KING FAMILY CONDEMNS USE OF BUSINESSMAN’S DEATH IN DE LIMA SENATE PROBE  by Harry Roque OFFICE OF REP. HARRY L. ROQUE PRESS RELEASE 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 REFERENCE: REP. HARRY L. ROQUE KING FAMILY CONDEMNS USE OF BUSINESSMAN'S DEATH IN DE LIMA SENATE PROBE  The family of slain hotelier Richard King condemns the use of the business man's death in the Senate investigation on extra-legal killings, Kabayan Party-list Rep. Harry L. Roque said Friday. Roque, who used to be counsel for King, said family "is appalled by the gall of Senator Leila de Lima in dragging the death of the Crown Regency owner in her attempt to smear the name of President Duterte." "The King family has already undergone enough trauma with the death of Richard. They are now being subjected to undue emotion distress because of the vain desire of Senator De Lima to discredit the President," Roque added. Moreover, Roque said the King family is strongly denying the love triangle angle being peddled by De Lima's witness Edgar Matobato. "Police Supt. Leonardo Felonia was charged for King's murder. Not once was it the name of Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte ever mentioned in the course of the investigation," Roque said. "The story that seems to be the most popular is that a businesswoman paid ₱20 million to have Richard King killed. She contacted Felonia to look for killers," he added. Roque said as a lawyer, he noted Matobato had "major inconsisrencies" in his testimony, including saying he was at the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) headquarters in 2003 when the task force was actually abolished in 2001. "This was Senator De Lima's defense strategy: stage an offense knowing that the truth on her drug dealings will soon be revealed at the House of Representatives next week," Roque added. Moreover, the neophyte lawmaker warned about the possible plot of the United States to unseat President Rodrigo Duterte. "The Senate testimony came immediately after the President confirmed he wanted to pursue an independent foreign policy. It is too much of a coincidence that the testimony intended to pave the way for his ouster came immediately after President Duterte declared his independent stance," Roque said. "Remember that US Ambassador Goldberg was kicked out of Bolivia for stirring a coup," he added. Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled Goldberg out of the country in 2008 and declared him persona non grata for "conspiring against democracy and seeking the division of Bolivia." Harry Roque | September 16, 2016 at 4:10 am

Statement on Denial of Bail for Former Gov Joel Reyes

Statement on Denial of Bail for Former Gov Joel Reyes by Harry Roque OFFICE OF REP. HARRY L. ROQUE PRESS STATEMENT 08 SEPTEMBER 2016 REFERENCE: REP. HARRY L. ROQUE STATEMEMENT OF REP. HARRY L. ROQUE ON THE DENIAL OF BAIL OF FORMER PALAWAN GOV. JOEL REYES I am relieved that ex-Governor Joel Reyes was denied bail in the murder case of Dr. Gerry Ortega. The court’s decision to deny bail shows that the evidence of guilt is strong. This brings us closer to convicting the first ever principal for the killing of a journalist and finally bringing justice and closure to the family of Dr. Ortega. I was private prosecutor in the case and was personally prosecuting the case up untilJune 30 of this year when I assumed office as party-list representative.  I presented star witness Rodolfo Edrad, Jr. (aka Bomar) and conducted the cross examination of Joel Reyes. My law office and the Center for International Law (CenterLaw) remain private prosecutors in the case. 30 Harry Roque | September 8, 2016 at 6:59 am

Roque Files Bill Protecting Spratlys and establishing Spratlys Development Authority

CREDIT:en.wikipedia.org Roque Files Bill Protecting Spratlys and establishing Spratlys Development Authority OFFICE OF REP. HARRY L. ROQUE     PRESS RELEASE 07 AUGUST 2016 REFERENCE: REP. HARRY L. ROQUE     HARRY ROQUE FILES BILLS DECLARING SPRATLYS AS PROTECTED AREA, CREATING SPRATLYS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY   Kabayan Party-list Representative Harry L. Roque has filed two bills seeking to declare the Spratly Group of Islands a protected area under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 and creating the Spratlys Development Authority.   In his explanatory notes, Roque said the bills were “filed in order to strengthen the Philippines’ claim of sovereignty and sovereign rights over the Spratly group of islands and its maritime areas, a region that contains vast amounts of natural resources – including oil and gas and fisheries – vital to the growth and development of the Philippines.”   “To prevent the further denigration of the marine and environmental resources within the island group, the State must establish the Spratlys as a protected area, granting it both the mantle of protection under Philippine laws and the Constitution, to allow the government to properly assess and administer the area, consistent with the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in the South China Sea Arbitration case,” he said.   “To maximize the use and conservation of such resources, a development authority should be tasked to administer the area, following the success of the various conversion authorities under Republic Act 7227,” he added.   The Spratly NIPAS bill seeks to declare the Spratlys as Spratly Islands Resource reserve, with the islands classified as a national park, and its peripheral areas as buffer zone.   The Spratly Islands Conversion Authority (SICA), meanwhile, will have jurisdiction over the Spratlys and will be tasked to “adopt, prepare and implement a comprehensive and detailed development plan embodying a list of projects for a sound and balanced development consistent with ecological and environmental standards.”   The SICA will also have the power to plan, program and undertake the readjustment, relocation, or resettlement of population within the Spratly group of islands as may be deemed necessary, in coordination with the appropriate government agencies and local government units.   Roque filed the bills after the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in favor of the Philippines the status of many features in the contested Spratly islands and Scarborough Shoal with both scientific and legal criteria, in relation to a resource-rich Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf.

Rep. ROQUE FILES ANTI-ENDO, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND JOURNALIST PROTECTION BILLS

Rep. ROQUE FILES ANTI-ENDO, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND JOURNALIST PROTECTION BILLS by Harry Roque Representative Harry L. Roque filed on his first day in Congress a bill seeking to institutionalize universal health care in the country. image credit:themediaproject.org In his exploratory note, Roque said the Universal Health Care for Filipinos bill, “[guarantees] that every Filipino receives the medical treatment he needs with the financial assistance he deserves.” Roque also filed a bill that seeks to accord protection to journalists at risk. Since the EDSA People Power Revolution and the restoration of democracy in the country in 1986, there have been 172 journalists killed in the line of duty in the Philippines. The massacre of 58 people, including 32 media workers, in Maguindanao province in 2009 holds the record for the “deadliest single-day attack anywhere in the world on journalists.” The anti-endo bill provides that “where a fixed-term employee who has been continuously employed on fixed-term contracts for four years or more is re-engaged on a fixed-term contract without his continuity being broken, the new contract has effect under the law as a permanent contract unless the renewal on a fixed-term basis was objectively justified.” Please click below for the soft copies of the bills: Rep. Roque_HB_PROVIDING FOR FREE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL FILIPINOS Rep. Roque H.B._AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A JOURNALIST PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFIT PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Rep. Roque H.B._ANTI-ENDO ACT

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