Low- and middle-income Filipinos deserve mental healthcare, too. With this in mind, House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos filed a bill establishing a Mental Health Voucher System under the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in order to help lesser...
House members past and present have hailed President Marcos ' decision to inject young blood into his team of economic managers by tapping public finance practitioner and University of the Philippines (UP) professor Kim Robert de Leon as Department of Budget and Management (DBM) secretary....
First, they conquered Coachella. On Monday, they conquered the hearts of House of Representatives members. Pinoy pop sensation BINI visited the House of Representatives during plenary session on May 18 as copies of House Resolution (HR) No. 93 was given to them by the House leadership. Originally...
The resignations of two party-list congressmen--both members of the majority--were announced on Monday night, May 18 during plenary at the House of Representatives. Informing the House Committee on Rules about their resignations via separate letters were 1TAHANAN Party-list Rep. Nathaniel Oducado...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has filed a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry into the growing incidence of fake news, online harassment, cyber threats, disinformation, and other forms of digital abuse proliferating across social media and online platforms. Her...
The House of Representatives under its Speaker, Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy III approved on second reading three key measures during plenary session Wednesday, May 13 as the chamber accelerates work during the tail end of the first regular session. Given penultimate passage via...
Vice President Sara Duterte--an aspiring President in 2028--now has the unsavory tag of being the first Philippine official to get impeached by the House of Representatives not once, but twice. It happened in successive years--2025 and 2026--with the number of impeachment backers this year...
Instead of being offered to lawmakers, Senator Erwin Tulfo said on Saturday, May 9, that the alleged substantial incentives in exchange for voting in favor of Vice President Sara Duterte would be better off going to the poor. "Kung sinuman 'yan na grupo na 'yan aba 'y imbes na...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, May 9, that he 's prepared to oppose and vote against any motion to stop or delay the Senate 's convening as an impeachment court for the trial of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. Lacson stressed that the...
Vice President Sara Duterte described the impeachment case filed against her as “made-up” by the House of Representatives, while thanking supporters who continue to stand by her amid the political controversy. In an interview in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 5, Duterte said she remains...
Vice President Sara Duterte said her family members should be spared from impeachment-related controversies because they are private citizens. In an interview in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 5, Duterte defended the privacy of her family members amid the ongoing impeachment controversy. “I think...
The measure seeking to expand the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)--the government’s flagship poverty alleviation program--has been approved on third and final reading at the House of Representatives. Gaining the chamber’s final nod on the strength of 224 affirmative votes during...
