Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Malacañang photo) Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez expressed disappointment over the Department of Finance's (DOF) supposed plan to terminate the indexation of military and uniformed personnel (MUPs) in the face of rising...
Is it high time to adopt a "hybrid" style of elections? Former House Speaker, Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez thinks so. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Alvarez penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.5706, which, if enacted, would tweak the current way...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez thinks it's high time to take his campaign to legalize cannabis or marijuana on a national public consultation tour. Alvarez, a former House Speaker, took to Facebook Wednesday, March 29 to announce the conduct of the National Marijuana...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez is standing behind Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments Chairman Senator Robin Padilla, amid the latter’s push for Charter change (Cha-cha). In a statement Tuesday, March 21, Alvarez shared the assurance that he gave actor-turned-senator...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez led on Monday, Feb. 27 a meeting in the House of Representatives with fellow advocates of the decriminalization of the use of cannabis or marijuana. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (middle, in blue) enjoys brownies with his...
Many marriages are mistakes. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Thus, said Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez as he made the case Thursday, Feb. 23 for the legalization of divorce in the Philippines during a public hearing of the House Committee on...
Davao del Norte 1st district and former House Speaker, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez floated on Tuesday, Feb. 21 the possibility of the Philippines being a future exporter of "good" cannabis or marijuana. (Getty images) Alvarez made these remarks during the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs' deliberation...
If government can allow the use of "harmful" products like alcoholic beverages, sugary drinks, and cigarettes, then why not cannabis or marijuana? (Unsplash) This was the main argument of Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez in his bid to delist cannabis as a form of dangerous drug...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez announced on Tuesday, Feb. 14, Valentine's Day the refiling of his signature bill allowing both same-sex and opposite sex couples to enter into a civil partnership in lieu of marriage. Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook)...
What do Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, and Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez all have in common? Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) They are all former House Speakers, and on Monday, July 25, picked the same...
Vice President Leni Robredo admitted that she was surprised by the endorsement of former House Speaker and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, a known critic of hers, but maintained that there was “no arrangement” in the alliance. Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez and Vice President...
Members of Partido Reporma in Aklan and Antique continue to support the electoral bids of independent presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and his vice presidential bet Senate President Vicente Sotto III, even after Lacson had left the party last March. Lacson met with members of his...
