Three pro-Duterte social media personalities risk being cited for contempt by the House of Representatives if they fail to show up again during the lower chamber's inquiry on fake news. Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep.thecź Johnny Pimentel said they will issue a subpoena to former...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) would only be considered a success if Congress is able to pass into law the proposed P100 daily minimum wage hike bill. Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri pointed this out stating that the SONA...
(From left to right) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., US President Joseph Biden, Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio (MPC pool) Members of the so-called “Young Guns” in the House of Representatives trumpeted the success of the recent trilateral...
Sen. Imee Marcos prodded House members on Thursday, Feb. 8 to reveal their true intentions on the proposed economic reforms of the 1987 Constitution, mentioning the supposed aim to extend term limits. In a radio interview on DZBB, Marcos said it was high time that members of the House of...
The national government has already paid out an aggregate of P1.2-billion in cash gifts to Filipinos who have reached the age of 100 years, Quezon City Rep. Marvin Rillo said on Monday. Rillo, a member of the House committee on appropriations, said a total of 12,186 Filipinos have...
Legislators on Tuesday, August 1 expressed their disappointment on the huge amount of public funds the Philippine government is losing due to loan-funded projects that have until now remain unfinished. Former President and current Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo attends the Congressional...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez met on Monday, July 3 to discuss the priority bills to be passed in the coming Second Regular Session of the 19th Congress. Senate and House leaders met at the Manila Golf Club in Makati City on July 3, 2023 to discuss...
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday, June 12, joined the millions of Filipinos who gave their final salute to the late Sen. Rodolfo "Pong" Biazon, who passed away on Independence Day. Aside from being a former senator, Biazon was also a former House of Representatives...
The Senate on Wednesday (May 31) approved the bicameral conference committee report on the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill which President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is thankful that the House of Representatives...
The Senate started on Tuesday, May 30, committee hearings on a House of Representatives bill seeking to complete 41 local marine hatcheries of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food committee, stressed that the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading a measure that seeks to strengthen the powers and functions of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). Approved via vote of 267-0-1...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said he has only one vote and he could be outvoted by a majority of senators. "So why the focus on me?" Zubiri told Senate reporters as the issue of Charter Change between the Senate and the House of Representatives is heating up. "I want to put that on record....
