House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, Feb. 20, lauded Filipino ace surfer Rogelio “JayR” Esquivel, Jr. for bringing “pride and honor” to the country and showing that Filipinos “can compete against the best in the world” when he won in an international surfing competition in January....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led his congressmen-colleagues in expressing their full support for the immediate ratification by the Senate of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) "By immediately ratifying the RCEP agreement, the...
And how one of the Seven Wise Men behind the 1935 Constitution tried—and failed—to bring it back home A MAGNIFICENT SIGHT A museum volunteer shows visitors Juan Luna's Spoliarium at the National Museum of Fine Arts In the Philippines, Filipino creativity is celebrated during the entire month of...
Be catalysts for change. Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, a lawyer and President of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), recieves a token of appreciation from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) National President Burt Estrada (right) and IBP Davao City President Maceste...
The House of Representatives intends to revisit the almost century old Revised Penal Code (RPC), or Act No. 3815. House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a lawyer and President of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), delivers his message before members of the Integrated Bar of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez strongly condemned on Saturday, Feb. 18 the assassination attempt on Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong, Jr.in Maguing town, which reportedly left four of his security details dead and another one wounded. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) “I...
House Speaker and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) President Martin Romualdez led the mass oath-taking of over 200 new members of the party during an event held Friday, Feb. 16 at Tagum City Historical and Cultural Center in Tagum City, Davao Del Norte. House Speaker Martin Romualdez...
Presidential son and Office of the Speaker intern Vinny Marcos attended on Thursday, Feb. 16 the unveiling of the marker of the newly-renovated Municipal Hall of General Luna, Siargao Island. Office of the Speaker intern Vinny Marcos (2nd from right, in blue) In this photo shared to House reporters...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to help some 12,000 sugarcane farm workers from Nasugbu, Batangas who were affected by the closure of Central Azucarera Don Pedro Inc. (CADPI). Sugarcane, House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Wikipedia, Speaker’s office) Before this, Romualdez met with and...
If an earthquake like the one that hit Turkiye and Syria suffered last week should strike the Philippines, is the government prepared to respond? This is the question that House Speaker Martin Romualdez intends to answer as he plans to summon all disaster agencies and first responder units to find...
The House of Representatives--through the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)--haa donated an additional P10 million in humanitarian aid to the thousands of earthquake victims in Turkey. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (7th from right) leads the turnover of P10 million to the Turkey earthquake victims via...
True to its word, the House of Representatives turned over a humble donation of $100,000 in financial assistance to the earthquake-stricken people of Turkey on Monday afternoon, Feb. 13. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (4th from right) hands over the $100,000 financial assistance to Turkey...
