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Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Nancy Binay argue during the Senate hearing in Pasay City on July 3, 2024 on the review of the new Senate Building Project in Taguig City. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Hearing on New Senate Building

Victoria Tulad

ABS-CBN News

<div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172058462806220240703-senate-building-cayetano-binay-MD-9.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Nancy Binay argue during the Senate hearing in Pasay City on July 3, 2024, on the review of the new Senate Building Project in Taguig City. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Nancy Binay argue during the Senate hearing in Pasay City on July 3, 2024, on the review of the new Senate Building Project in Taguig City. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span> </div><p>MANILA — Sen. Nancy Binay on Wednesday said she is willing to talk with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano to iron out differences regarding the new Senate building issue.</p><div><span></span><span>Binay said she will follow the process of the Senate Committee on Ethics chaired by Majority Floor Leader Tolentino, adding</span><span> that if Tolentino wants the two of them to discuss the issue &quot;through a mediation,&quot; she will comply.</span></div><p>Binay on Monday filed an ethics complaint against Cayetano after a heated hearing that saw them trading barbs over the cost of the new Senate building being built in Taguig.</p><div><span></span><span>In her complaint, Binay accused Cayetano of committing slander through &quot;malicious imputations&quot; that she was feeding questions to members of the media who interviewed her. </span></div><div><span></span><span>Binay said Cayetano should also be held accountable for his alleged violation of Senate Rules, the Civil Code, the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability for lawyers, and the Magna Carta on Women, among others.</span></div><div><span></span><span>She asked the panel to impose &quot;appropriate sanctions and penalties&quot; on Cayetano &quot;commensurate to the gravity of his offenses.&quot;</span></div><div><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/8/binay-files-ethics-complaint-vs-cayetano-after-feud-on-new-senate-home-1052" id="isPasted">READ: Binay files ethics complaint vs Cayetano after feud on new Senate building</a></span></div><div><strong>BINAY READY TO ANSWER POSSIBLE ETHICS COMPLAINT FROM CAYETANO</strong></div><p>Binay said she will monitor the continuation of the hearing of the Committee on Accounts on Wednesday but will no longer attend.</p><p>&quot;Minarapat natin na hindi na tayo mag-a-attend ng hearing mamaya dahil nasagot na naman ng DPWH &#x27;yung gusto nating marinig sa kanila,&quot; Binay said.</p><p>(I have decided not to attend the hearing since the DPWH has already given the information I needed from them.)</p><p> She welcomed the possibility of Cayetano filing his own ethics complaint against her.</p><p>&quot;Option din na mag-file sa atin ng ethics complaint. So, antayin lang din po natin at the proper time, pag mag-file po siya, sasagutin din po natin &#x27;yung ganung complaint,&quot; she said.</p><p>(It is his option to file his own ethics complaint. So we&#x27;ll just wait for the proper time. If he files, then we will respond to it.)</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eJzytPWNSUU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said she is willing to talk with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano to iron out differences regarding the new Senate building issue.</p>

Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said she is willing to talk with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano to iron out differences regarding the new Senate building issue.

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Binay open to talk with Cayetano on Senate building issue

Victoria Tulad,

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Published Jul 10, 2024 12:24 PM PHT

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