Ako Bisaya Party List Rep. Sonny Lagon sees not a "rushing" House Speaker, but an "efficient" one when it comes to the lower chamber's primary function of legislating. Lagon, in a statement Thursday afternoon, said it is in the nature of House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez to...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri's latest tirade against the House of Representatives' Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts is "unfair" to House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said Thursday, March 16. In a statement, Rodriguez, chairman of the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Construction of Phase 1 of the New Passenger Terminal Building of the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport here which seeks to become an international airport by 2025 is 50 percent complete. The City Information Office said construction of Phase 1 of the Tacloban Airport...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez had a "private meeting" with Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves' legal counsel, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio on Wednesday night, March 15, the former has confirmed. Romualdez, in a statement sent to House of Representatives reporters Thursday morning,...
Embattled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has officially asked the House of Representatives for a two-month leave of absence. Teves cited security concerns in his request, which was confirmed received by the House leadership on Wednesday night, March 15. "The undersigned...
Yes, the House of Representatives is in a rush, and it has no plans of slowing down anytime soon, for the sake of the people's interest. This was House Speaker Martin Romualdez's very diplomatic comeback Wednesday, March 15 to Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri, who earlier expressed...
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure that seeks to give the President the power to suspend the increase in premiums of “direct contributors” to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). The penultimate passage of House Bill (HB) No. 6772 took place...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has confirmed talking to Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teve Jr., who is being implicated in the broad-daylight assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last March 4. "Cong. Arnie Teves got in touch with me through a phone call last...
Former national security adviser, Prof. Clarita Carlos has offered a simple solution to Filipinos' flab problem: walking it off. But for that to work, there must ample, safe walking spaces constructed for the public. "Too many obese people? PEDESTRIANIZE our roads so people will walk," Carlos wrote...
The women legislators of the House of Representatives assembled inside and outside the plenary hall Monday, March 13 for a pair of massive groups photos. The women legislators of the House in the 19th Congress (Speaker’s office) The photos were taken on the same day that the chamber held its...
After a one-week postponement, the House of Representatives finally pushed through with its traditional all-women plenary session on Monday, March 13. Designated as House Speaker during Monday's session--an event in line with the ongoing Women's Month celebrations--was Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he has not heard from Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. in the past few days. "I have yet to receive any communication from Cong. Arnie since I appealed to him to return home," Rodriguez, Leyte’s 1st district representative, said in a...
