Several important posts in the ongoing 19th Congress were filled by the House of Representatives leadership during the plenary session on Wednesday night, Aug. 3. The House plenary (PPAB) These posts includes seats in the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) as well as the House of...
Pangasinan 5th district Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. wants to clear sidewalks of street vendors in a bid to improve conditions for pedestrian foot traffic. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 1252, otherwise known as the “Unobstructed Sidewalks Act", last July 5....
Senators have selected a new batch of chairpersons among themselves to head various committees in the 19th Congress. Senator Mark Villar has been elected to head the Committee on Banks, Financial Institution and Currencies; Senator Bong Revilla to the Committee on Civil Service, Government...
"Good Samaritans" or persons who rendered volunteer work during emergencies must be protected by law from reprisal. (Jackson David/ Unsplash) With this reasoning, Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre filed in the ongoing 19th Congress House Bill (HB) No.1949, or the...
House majority leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe announced on Monday night, Aug. 1 the third batch of committee chairmanship designations in the ongoing 19th Congress. Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) Dalipe made an omnibus motion to designate 18...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman, the first transgender person to be elected to the Philippine House of Representatives, has been designated as chairperson of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (congress.gov.ph) Roman was among the...
The House of Representatives, on Monday, Aug. 1, adopted House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 2 which expresses the lower chamber’s support for the Marcos Administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF). The House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Read:...
On top of the mandated 13th month pay, Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has filed a bill that, if enacted, would direct both public and private sector employers to give their employees a 14th month pay, regardless of the beneficiary’s status of employment. Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (photo...
A big part of a congressman's work is to respond to the specific concerns of the people in his or her particular district or sector. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) Presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is very much aware of this dynamic; in fact,...
Schools will be compelled to include “urban agriculture, agricultural entrepreneurship and economy” in their academic curriculum if a lawmaker’s proposed measure becomes a law. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) House Bill (HB) No. 2072 aims to mandate the teaching and...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel recently went on a selfie spree during the opening week of the 19th Congress. (Facebook) Pimentel, a senior Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) stalwart, ran into new and old faces alike in his return to Batasang Pambansa Complex...
Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. has expressed support for neophyte lawmaker Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos who was recently elected House senior deputy majority leader. Rep. Haresco (congress.gov.ph) Marcos, a first-time lawmaker, was given the plum post in the House of...
