House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left), Deputy Speaker Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (center), and Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (2nd from right) (Screenshot from YouTube live) Is the House leadership "spat" officially...
House Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) National President and Palawan 2nd district Rep. Jose Alvarez has welcomed the House leadership's decision to give the senior deputy...
House Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Speaker's office) Erstwhile ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has reiterated its support for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his close ally, House Speaker...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez and Senator Robin Padilla finally met Tuesday morning, March 21 to discuss the controversial subject of Charter change (Cha-cha). But the two weren't alone--the meeting took place within the larger gathering of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng...
The world of real estate—the buying and selling of properties, the building of towers and high rises, the creation of communities and townships, to the turnover of a house or unit—used to be a man’s turf. In fact, when I started writing about properties two decades ago, it was always the men...
Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson Karlo Nograles has pledged his agency’s full cooperation and support for the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028 and the attainment of good governance goals. Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Karlo Alexei Nograles (Senate PRIB Photo) In a...
"We will appeal to the Supreme Court." Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III issued this statement in reaction to a decision of the second division of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that former Energy Secretary Alfonso. Cusi and his faction are the ‘’true’’ and original...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc denied on Friday, Jan. 27 the Motion for Reconsideration (MR) Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam filed by former Senator Manny Pacquiao and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on the Resolution of the Commission Special Second Division. MB file photo In...
The Philippine Development Plan (PDP), the blueprint for social and economic development for the next six years, prioritizes mass transport, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Specifically, the plan calls for developing railways, road-based, and ferry systems in metropolitan...
The inclusion of ecozone development in the country’s Philippine Development Plan PDP 2023-2028 (PDP) is expected to boost the 10 percent growth target in investments set by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). In a statement, PEZA OIC Deputy Director General Tereso O. Panga said the...
The government approved the country’s blueprint for socioeconomic development over the medium term, and extended the tariff reduction on key commodities until next year, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. In a statement, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M....
There is chorus of support from the House of Representatives for the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), and the voices are coming from different ends of the political spectrum. Clockwise: PBA Party-list Rep. Migs Nograles, Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio Gonzales, Quezon 1st district Rep. Mark...
