ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) If there's a prize for early attendees to plenary sessions in the House of Representatives, ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo might end up being a frequent winner. Earlier this week, the neophyte congressman posted on Facebook a photo of himself...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) Members of the House of Representatives can no longer attend plenary sessions and committee hearings by virtual means come Monday, July 31. This, after the office of the Speaker Martin Romualdez issued on July 25 Memorandum Order No.19-019, which tackled...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang earned the ire of House of Representatives members Wednesday afternoon, July 26 when he skipped the probe on alleged procurement irregularities in his municipality dating back to 2007. Surigao del Sur...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Government savings could be tapped to fund the pension of military and uniformed personnel (MUP). Thus, said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co as the chamber scrambles to find a way to sustain the pension ahead of the deliberations on the...
Cagayan Vice Governor Melvin "Boy" Vargas Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Cagayan Vice Governor Melvin "Boy" Vargas Jr. heaved a sigh of relief Wednesday morning, July 26 upon learning that his scheduled joint panel hearing at the House of Representatives was canceled at the last minute....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Thanks to the chamber's prolific production during the first regular session, the House of Representatives has already approved seven out of the 17 priority measures that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. asked Congress to pass...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Public Accounts will launch an investigation Wednesday, July 26 on the alleged irregularities in the procurement process and unlawful contracts entered into by the Municipality of Mexico, Pampanga over 15 years ago. The public...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has committed to help the chamber pass the nine remaining Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) measures "I am fully committed to working hand-in-hand...
(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) Issues hounding the agricultural sector were foremost on the mind of House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday morning, July 24, during the first day of the second regular session. In his speech before his colleagues at the plenary, Romualdez vowed to look into the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The two latest additions to the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) list are measures that have already been approved by the Speaker Martin Romualdez-led House of Representatives. This means that, at the start of the second...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding senators to act on close to 50 bills--incuding 30 that are considered priority measures of the Marcos administration--that...
Palay or unhusked rice (MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed ahead of the start of the second regular session to help President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. achieve his election campaign promise of lowering the cost of rice to P20 per kilo. "The President wants the price of rice...
