Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Speaker’s office) In a bid to speed up the implementation of infrastructure projects, a House leader has filed a bill that would cut the 72-day government procurement process to less than half. Senior Deputy Speaker and...
(Tingog Party-list) More Alagang Tingog Centers (ATC) continue to spring up in different parts of the country thanks to the collaborative efforts of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre. Late last month, ATCs were inaugurated in Candelaria...
OFWs (MANILA BULLETIN) The promise of one million jobs from Saudi Arabia presents "a ray of hope" for Filipinos. Thus, said Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo as he hailed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan "Toots" Ople for securing the mammoth number of jobs from the oil-rich...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has enumerated six advantages of the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), which is expected to be enacted soon after the House of Representatives and the Senate reached an agreement on...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom) Independent minority congressman and Liberal Party (LP) President Edcel Lagman says the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill is constitutionally sound, but that still doesn't make it a good idea. Lagman, Albay's 1st district...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. Controversial Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has been slapped by his House colleagues with a second 60-day suspension. The penalty was endorsed by Committee on Ethics and Privileges Chairman and COOP-NATCCO...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the significance of the House of Representatives' passage of two more Marcos administration priority bills before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session. These...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) leads the distribution of P10,000 ayuda to displaced sugar farmers in Balayan, Batangas. (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led the distribution of P10,000 worth of cash assistance or "ayuda" each to some 800 sugar farmers in Batangas...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Speaker’s office, Facebook) Ranking members of the House of Representatives hailed the third reading passage of the proposed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital Act during plenary session Monday afternoon, May 29....
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Facebook) A "stiffer disciplinary action" awaits embattled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. for his continued absence without official leave. This was practically guaranteed by the House Committee on Ethics and...
(Unsplash) A recently-filed House bill in the 19th Congress mandates all businesses employing more than 20 workers and with a work premises of not less than 50 meters to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) or surveillance cameras. House Bill (HB) No.8068 was jointly authored and filed by Davao...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has bared his expectations on Malacañang's plan to issue an executive order (EO) on even greater local autonomy, in...
