(Unsplash) A House bill that seeks to end the proliferation of prohibited objects inside penal, custodial, and detention facilities is being pushed for immediate passage by House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chairman Rep. Robert Ace Barbers. Through House...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN Never, ever make public the details of an executive session with House members if you were part of it. Former Mexico town, Pampanga mayor Teddy Tumang learned this the hard way, after he was...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) tagged the town of Mexico, Pampanga as a transshipment point for illegal drugs during a House committee hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Attending the...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) No summa cum laude graduate can best Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. when it comes to agriculture. Majority congressman Surigao del...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) A measure filed by Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers seeks to put an end to the slow disposition of illegal drug cases once and for all--and more--by establishing...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs wants to have a word with the owner of Empire 999 warehouse in Mexico, Pampanga. This, after 530 kilos of "shabu" worth P3.6 billion were discovered there by law enforcement...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) At least 7.4 tons of illegal drugs have been seized by authorities since the start of President Marcos' administration last year. This was bared by House Committee on...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) The high trust and satisfaction ratings achieved by Speaker Martin Romualdez in the results of the latest OCTA survey prove that he is...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN, Speaker's office) House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chairman Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has commended the...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN, PPAB) Ranking congressmen who were behind the House probe on the entry of huge caches of "shabu" in the country...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook) A three-term congressman from Mindanao has vouched for the integrity of the House of Representatives amid the tirades launched last week by former president Rodrigo Duterte. "As...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) Ranking congressmen voiced out support on Sunday, Oct. 15 for what they described as the "bloodless drug war" of President Marcos. Backing this...