Two bills proposing to further strengthen the country’s banking system have passed final reading approval in the House of Representatives. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3 Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded his Lower House colleagues for approving on third and final reading the bills regulating...
Rewarding a Filipino who reaches 101 years old with P1 million cash is among the legislative proposals that the House of Representatives aims to pass with the remaining six session days left before Congress adjourns for the campaign period early February. HOR plenary pandemic The House Committee on...
As oil firms implemented on Tuesday, Jan. 18 a big time price hike, the chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts called on all mayors to show no mercy to gasoline stations that operate with defective fuel pumps to defraud motorists. Rep. Jose 'Bonito' Singson Jr. Probinsyano Ako Partylist...
Pampanga Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. is taking the cudgels for the country’s civil engineers who, under a bill pending in the House of Representatives, will be barred from helping ensure the structural integrity and participate in the design, site development and other vital components...
A screengrab from Ate Vi's YouTube Channel Laughter and cheer as Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto (Batangas, 6th District) and her family took time out from their busy schedules and participated in the latest TikTok craze "Sandok Pera Challenge." Joining Ate Vi in the challenge were his sons Lucky Manzano...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, Jan. 14, hit back at ACT-Teacher's Rep. France Castro, of the Makabayan bloc, for branding the inventory of the unvaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a “witch hunt’’ despite assurances that...
Two senior congressmen aired on Wednesday, Jan. 12 contradicting views to the controversial “no vax, no ride” policy of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro chided DOTR for barring unvaccinated individuals from taking...
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability has recommended the filing of graft charges against former Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Pipol Konek Project in 2018....
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, Jan. 11 called for a congressional investigation into the Manila Bulletin report that a new incident of data breach of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) servers took place over the weekend. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos...
Owners of former network giant ABS-CBN face a congressional inquiry in connection with the operations of its digital service firm Big Dipper, but that is if Deputy Speaker and Sagip Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta succeeds in his Senate bid. Rep. Rodante Marcoleta Marcoleta played a major role in...
Instead of just one booster shot, Filipinos should have a full new round of COVID-19 vaccination to guarantee better protection from the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Cavite Dasmariñas City Rep. Elpidio Barzaga urged government to consider giving Filipinos a fourth...
With the campaign period for the presidential elections just a few weeks away, it is now ‘too late in the day” to amend any provision of the 1987 Constitution. House of Representatives facade Senior members of the Lower House Committee on Constitutional Amendment aired this stand following the...
