House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will neither be distracted nor intimated by the political noise surrounding the issue of confidential funds. Thus, said Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez, who...
Melvin Matibag (left) and Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag (Facebook) Lawyer Melvin Matibag, husband of Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag, has resigned as secretary-general and member of erstwhile ruling party...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Did you know that the Makabayan bloc filed a bill that sought transparency for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) even before the militants took to task Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot button issue? Makabayan member ACT...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) More House members are insisting that the chamber’s realignment of P1.23 billion worth of confidential funds from the 2024 national budget--including those sought by Vice President Sara Duterte--was...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) Speaker Martin Romuladez's fellow congressmen from Eastern Visayas have come up with a unified statement of support for the House leader following the...
House Deputy Majority Leader and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre stressed that the House of Representatives did the “right thing” when it realigned P1.23 billion worth of confidential funds into enforcement agencies patrolling the West Philippine Sea...
In a cryptic continuation of her earlier statement about her offices’ controversial confidential funds, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Oct. 18, asked her supporters to beware of their friends. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (Inday Sara...
Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) What's wrong with realigning confidential funds for the purpose of securing the country’s interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)? House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district...
In what would be the second time she addressed the issues thrown against her offices’ confidential funds, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Oct. 18, called for unity among Filipinos and warned them against more difficulties posed by global conflicts. Vice President...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Facebook) House Committee on Human Rights Chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. called on his colleagues to be “calm and collegial” amid debates about confidential funds. Abante says that his...
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...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (left), former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (Rep. Salo's office, Facebook) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo has assailed former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque for claiming that the House of Representatives was...
