Majority Floor Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez took his oath as reelected solon even as Vice President-elect Sara Duterte stood witness to it on Wednesday morning, June 15. Photo from LAKAS-CMD Media. Sworn in alongside Leyte Rep. Romualdez were Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday vowed to pursue the passage of the proposed law on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression or the (SOGIE) Equality bill in the upcoming 19th Congress. Hontiveros made this assurance as the nation celebrates Pride Month, saying it would be another...
Senator-elect Robin Padilla today June 14 was briefed by Senate officials on legislative processes that are far different from his days in the movies as an actor and director. ‘'Wala pong hahalaga sa lahat kundi itong mapag-aralan natin kung ano po itong mataas na kapulungan (My studies here at...
Outgoing House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez said the just-concluded 18th Congress managed to "outwork" the Covid-19 pandemic, and brought the numbers to prove it. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) During the three-year run of the 18th Congress from July 22, 2019 to June...
Around 200 soon-to-be Marikeña mothers joined the "Buntis Congress" held on Wednesday, June 8, at the Teatro Marikina. Buntis Congress at the Teatro Marikina on Wednesday, June 8. (Photo courtesy of Cong. Maan Teodoro’s Facebook Page) The Buntis Congress aims to further inform women on matters...
In just one day, the Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez-led Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) nearly doubled its membership in the House of Representatives. NEW PARTY MEMBERS--LAKAS-CMD President and House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st d istrict Rep. Martin G. Romualdez administers...
The incoming chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon in the 19th Congress today (June 9) assured that persons appearing before it would not be treated like criminals. Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino, who is expected to be voted upon as Senate Blue Ribbon committee chairman when the 19th...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Senator Risa Hontiveros are now in the process of ironing the details of how they will lead the minority bloc in the Senate should there be no other senators who would join them in the group. In an interview on CNN Philippines, Pimentel said Hontiveros...
WASHINGTON, United States -- An 11-year-old girl told horrified lawmakers Wednesday of smearing herself in her murdered classmate's blood to play dead during the most chilling in a spate of gun massacres that have convulsed the United States. WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: Miah Cerrillo, a survivor of...
House Ways and Means Committee chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda refuted on Monday, June 6 the claim made by the Department of Finance (DOF) that had Congress proposals pertaining to Covid-19 stimulus and subsidies been enacted, national debt would have climbed up to P15.4 trillion....
Several senators are now slowly moving out of their offices at the Senate complex in Pasay city as their terms expire on June 30. Outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said his taking out of his personal effects at his Senate office does not hurt as he looks at the transition from a high...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday, June 6 defended actor and Senator-elect Robin Padilla against critics who questioned his impending chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments in the 19th Congress. Senator-elect Robin Padilla (Ali Vicoy/MB) Escudero said no...
