Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez has sought a House probe on the “misalignment” in the National Tax Allotments (NTAs) of local government units and the funding requirements for full devolution of specific national public services. Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (Photo from Rep. Gomez via Facebook)...
A House panel on Tuesday, Nov. 8, approved four proposed measures that would institutionalize Philippine National Games that will serve as a training ground for budding athletes that will develop the local sports scene. Filipino student-athletes (Photo from DepEd/MANILA BULLETIN) In a majority vote...
Movie star-turned-congressman Richard Gomez doesn't favor totally banning Korean dramas (K-dramas) or foreign-produced programs in the Philippines, but he does see some sense in trying to "limit" them. Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (PPAB) Gomez had this to say to reporters on the sidelines...
ORMOC CITY – More than 10,000 voters are expected to cast their ballots in the plebiscite to ratify the merger and renaming of several barangays here on Saturday, Oct. 8. Commission on Elections Chairman George Erwin Garcia, together with members of the en banc, is personally supervising the...
A member of the House Committee on Rules will know such long-standing tradition of giving preferential treatment to minority congressmen. Iloilo 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (left) and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB, MANILA BULLETIN) Veteran solon Marikina City 2nd district...
The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Tuesday, Aug. 16, postponed the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, initially scheduled on Dec. 5, 2022, to the first Monday of December 2023. Citizens line up to register with the Commission on Elections (FILE PHOTO/MANILA...
Movie actor-turned-Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez, through a House Resolution (HR), has expressed the lower chamber’s sympathy and condolences to the bereaved family of Asian track and field legend Lydia de Vega-Mercado. Lydia de Vega De Vega-Mercado, dubbed the “Sprint Queen of Asia,”...
Another lawmaker, this time from Mindanao, has joined the mounting calls to postpone the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Screenshot from House of Representatives Livestream) Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman has filed a bill to reschedule the Dec. 5...
Presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has been elected as senior deputy majority leader. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (left) and Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (Facebook, PPAB) This was announced and affirmed during the House session on Tuesday...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez finally had his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) experience on Monday, July 25, being one of the neophytes in the current 19th Congress. Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (leftmost, seated) (PPAB) As it turns out, President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
A dress code was in order, banning any attire with political messages, for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). But this did not stop the Makabayan bloc and other lawmakers from flaunting their outfits. (From left to right) House Speaker Martin Romualdez, ACT...
A couple of lawmakers want President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to unveil his plans for peace and order, agriculture, national security, the economy, and farm-to-market roads in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25. Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez (left) and Negros Oriental...
