Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Facebook) All is well with the "Spice Boys" despite the spicy comments of House members and senators about each other on the...
A bill proposing an increase of P100 in the daily minimum wage for private sector workers in the entire country, which is estimated to benefit over 4.2 million minimum wage earners is up for plenary deliberations in the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sponsors Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2534 which...
Senators on Monday, Feb. 5 were baffled by the resolution adopted by the lower chamber on Monday afternoon, Feb. 5, defending Speaker Martin Romualdez from what congressmen called "baseless accusations" from the Senate in connection with the recent push for People’s Initiative (PI). For...
Mayors from Metro Manila are now in Los Angeles, California for a study tour facilitated by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon, in a Facebook post on Jan. 31, said they visited the Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center where they were given a...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Will it be smooth sailing between the House of Representatives and the Senate from here on out? House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomed on Wednesday...
The local stock market closed higher but well below the day’s peak after the country’s economic growth came in below target but above analysts’ estimates. The main index added 24.43 points or 0.37 percent to close at 6,646.44 as the Property sector led the advance although conglomerates and...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Wednesday, Jan. 31, that the Senate's review of the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution will begin next week. In an ambush interview, Zubiri said that they will create on Wednesday a subcommittee on constitutional amendments that will be headed...
This week, local stock market investors will be taking cues from the US Federal Reserve meeting as well as Philippine fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data. “Investors face an eventful trading week that could determine whether the local index finally breaks out of the strong resistance...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (Facebook) Ranking members of the House of Representatives have slammed Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri's claim of a possible constitution crisis as the two chambers of Congress continue to butt heads...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Like an angry class adviser, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has told the country’s senators to "Get your act together and focus on your...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives remains in "full support" of the Senate's Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6, which seeks Charter change (Cha-cha). ...
The Senate has formally issued a manifesto strongly expressing their opposition to the ongoing attempts to change the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative describing such moves as a “brazen attempt to violate the Constitution, the country, and our people.” The manifesto is signed...
