Leaders of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 10 assured the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Distinction on boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for their outstanding performances in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that merited them medals. Olympics silver medalist...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, August 10, attribute to the "spirit of teamwork and cooperation" the Philippine economy's growth in the second quarter of this year. House majority leader and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “We rejoice with the...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to recall his previous decision for the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States won the support of two officials of the majority bloc in the House of Representatives. VFA exercise But not Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep....
House Majority Leader Representative Martin Romualdez on Monday said the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) is but a capsule of what he was able to achieve for the country and for the Filipino people in the last five years. "Clearly, three hours were not enough to spell out all the relevant...
The leadership of the House of Representatives intends to approve the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 when political season starts to heat up which will be at the last day of the filing of the certificates of candidacies (COCs) in October, 2021....
President Duterte may be open to running for vice president in next year's elections but he actually has no ambition for power, according to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Panelo has dismissed speculations that Duterte was out...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, July 7 said that the new coalition of key political parties in the country has started to take shape “sooner than expected”. Mayor Sara Duterte Romualdez, president of Lakas-CMD, said the coalition is ready to push...
As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, June 29, declared it is “not a good decision” to seek the vice presidency if it would mean running against President Rodrigo Duterte, who appeared to have a change of heart about sliding one rung below in 2022....
A day before the law's expiry, House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez has still urged President Duterte to call Congress to a special session to extend the validity of the Bayanihan 2. House of Representatives (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) “We...
The counsel of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the family of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos will be sought by House Majority Leader and Lakas-CMD president Martin Romualdez in helping him reach a decision on whether or not to gun for the vice presidency next year. Romualdez...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, June 23 revealed that the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats has decided to renew its formal alliance with the Hugpong ng Pagbabago, headed by probable 2022 presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. media In a virtual...
