Did Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman just brand the 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan-led House minority bloc a "co-opted minority"? Former Vice President Leni Robredo (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) In his manifestation on the plenary floor on Tuesday night, July...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman Sr. delivered a counter-State of the Nation Address (SONA), even as he framed himself as the authentic minority opposite the established House minority bloc led by 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan. Rep. Edcel Lagman delivers "counter-SONA" before the 19th...
House minority leader and 4PS Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan gave his customary response to the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Rep. Libanan delivers his acceptance speech before the 19th Congress (Screencap from House of...
House minority leader and 4Ps Rep. Marcelino Libanan has bared the names of the officers of the minority bloc. Minority Leader Rep. Libanan during the 19th Congress' first regular session (Screengrab from House of Representatives livestream) Libanan announced the officers minutes after he took oath...
Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino (4Ps) Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has been elected the House minority leader of the 19th Congress. Rep. Libanan delivers his acceptance speech before the 19th Congress (Screencap from House of Representatives livestream) Shortly...
The Senate minority bloc is sharpening its pruning knife to be used on the 18 bills of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., which he revealed on Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said the 18 legislative measures of the President...
Minority Senators Koko Pimentel and Risa Hontiveros have filed a resolution urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the remaining drug charges against former Senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. ​Pimentel and Hontiveros signed and filed Resolution No. 27 "in light...
Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera said that the members of the minority bloc in the 19th Congress will be agents of "constructive checks and balance". Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera (Facebook) This, as Herrera said that she was "excited" for her...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, July 25, said he and his sister, Senator Pia Cayetano, will serve as a bridge between members of the majority and the minority blocs of the Senate. By forming a small independent bloc, Cayetano said, they are going to be "given the freedom na lumayo sa...
There will be an "authentic minority bloc" in the 19th Congress, and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman will be part of it. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) That's the only sure thing about anything that has to do with the word "minority" in the House of Representatives, which will...
Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Pia Cayetano on Wednesday disclosed that they are open to forming an “independent” bloc in the Senate in the 19 th Congress, depending on the possible result of their negotiation with other groups in the Upper Chamber. Alan Peter said that up until now, he...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III believes that it's a matter of perspective whether or not now is the best time to be in the minority bloc in the 24-member Senate. Sotto explained that now is not exactly ideal to be in the Senate minority in the coming administration considering that 31...
