Business, big labor group mourn death of Donald DeeBusiness leader Donald Dee died on Saturday last week after a long bout with cancer. ADVERTISEMENTDee, a former president of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, campaigned against the short-term hiring practice called “endo,” but backed legal forms of contractualization. Pimentel, who was recognized last week by the Commission on Elections as the legitimate PDP-Laban president, said the party chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte still boasted some 100,000 card-carrying members. —DJ YapNew party-list lawmaker takes oathThe new representative of Arts, Business and Science Professionals (ABS) party-list group, Ulysses Garces, took his oath on Monday as replacement for Rep. Eugene Michael de Vera. Andaya cited communication from ABS that the party-list group had expelled De Vera — the head of a House faction that included former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez — for challenging the minority leadership of Rep. Danilo Suarez.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 03, 2018 21:22 UTC