The bicameral conference committee on Monday, December 11, has drafted the final version of the proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024. The bicameral conference committee report on the 2024 General Appropriations Bill has been approved by the Senate and House...
China has urged the Philippines to stop hyping up the conflict over the West Philippine Sea after Beijing criticized the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives that condemned its actions in the waters. Wang Wenbin, spokesman of China's Foreign Ministry, said in his regular...
TACLOBAN CITY – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill declaring the more than 60,000 hectares of waters surrounding Panaon Island located in the southern tip of Southern Leyte as a protected seascape under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Dec. 6, emphasized the need for a “whole-of-government approach” to address the high congestion rates in the country’s prison facilities. In his address to participants in the first ever National Jail Decongestion Summit at the Diamond Hotel in Manila, the...
Michelle Dee House members have adopted a resolution commending beauty queen Michelle Dee for her "masterful execution of grace and elegance" during the Miss Universe 2023 pageant. Adopted by the 300-plus strong chamber on Tuesday night, Dec. 5 was House...
Vice President Sara Duterte Ranking congressmen came out with a strong, united statement on Tuesday, Dec. 5 regarding their support for President Marcos' all-encompassing peace initiative with different rebel groups, including communists. "As the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a stern warning on Sunday night, Dec. 3 to those behind the appalling blast at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City that same morning. "To those who seek to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will await on the go signal of the House of Representatives (HOR) as to when it will push through with the special elections for the vacant seat in Negros Oriental's 3rd legislative district. "This is entirely within their exclusive and original jurisdiction,"...
For the past six years ending in 2022, the House of Representatives (HREP) had received clean audit reports from the Commission on Audit (COA). “For CY (calendar year) 2022 and prior years, no Notice of Suspension, Notice of Disallowance, and Notice of Charge was issued,” COA said in its 2022...
House Speaker Martin G. Romualdez has committed to increase the budget allocation for the defense sector amid the continuous harassment of Philippine ships in the West Philippine Sea. Romualdez said the budget support is part of the Marcos administration’s policy to secure and protect the West...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) Solons' work in the House of Representatives hasn't been hobbled by "recent events", Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Wednesday, Nov. 8. Salceda, in a chance interview, gave off the impression that work in the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte, the chairman of the once-ruling political party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), welcomed the resignation of Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. after the lawmaker named him as the person who maligned the House of...
