Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday, Dec. 13 is prepared to push for amendments to Republic Act 11525 or the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act in order to grant the private sector bigger role in sustaining the momentum of government’s inoculation program. At the same time, Velasco also urged the...
Filipinos can gamble even their hard-earned savings right in the family living room for the next 25 years if the House of Representatives will pass next week another e-sabong (cockfight) legislative franchise application. A0BE7726-429E-4EDA-8B8C-01EEE9F8FE49 Former House Speaker and Taguig-Pateros...
The University of Santo Tomas Law Alumni Foundation Inc. (USLTAFI), through the UST Faculty of Civil Law, has conferred the Award of Distinction to Speaker Lord Allan Velasco for his outstanding accomplishments as graduate of the university. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco receives Award of Distinction...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today Today’s Gospel reading presents Jesus surrounded not just by a Galilean crowd but also by those coming from Judea and Jerusalem. As people are drawn to healers today, people in Jesus’ time flocked to him as they saw in Jesus a thaumatorgos, a worker of...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Sunday called on eligible Filipinos who remain unvaccinated to get a jab during the national COVID-19 vaccination days slated on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 and on Dec. 15 to 17, to help prevent another pandemic surge as families prepare for the holiday season. Velasco...
The Department of Finance (DOF) bucked the proposal seeking to impose a “super-rich” tax on Filipino billionaires as its negative impacts outweigh any potential revenue gains for the government. In a letter to House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said...
The House of Representatives on Thursday, Nov. 18 honored incumbent and former lawmakers, as well as administrative and congressional staff who died as the COVID-19 epidemic devastated the country. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, together with House Secretary General Mark Llandro Mendoza, led the...
President Duterte met with several lawmakers in Malacañang on Tuesday night, Nov. 16, Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles has confirmed. media "It was an informal and relaxed gathering with lawmakers, many of whom are friends of the President dating back to his...
Plenary session in the House of Representatives adjourned early Tuesday, Nov. 16 amid rumors of an impending coup aimed at ousting Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.and Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco Romualdez...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday, Nov. 8 lauded government’s mass vaccination strategy triggering lower infection rate not only in Metro Manila but in the entire country. Addressing employees of the House of Representatives during the first flag raising ceremony in nearly eight months,...
The House Committee on Ways and Means is leaning towards the approval of a bill that would suspend for six months the excise taxes on diesel and kerosene and reduce similar imposition on gasoline. Gasoline pump picture In an initial discussion of six legislative measures containing various...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has called on government to downgrade from Alert Level 3 to Alert Level 2 the lockdown status of the National Capital Region as COVID-19 infections have started to wane. Crowd at flea market In a press statement, Velasco said he fully supports proposals to ease the COVID...
