ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo rejected the notion that battle lines are being drawn between those who are siding with either Speaker Martin Romualdez or Vice President Sara Duterte in the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro claimed on Thursday, Nov. 16 that there were "supposed impeachment talks" in the House of...
House Secretary General Reginald Velasco (Contributed photo) House of Representatives members have not been issued their no. 8 protocol plates, Secretary General Reginald Velasco clarified on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 15. "The House of Representatives has...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will await on the go signal of the House of Representatives (HOR) as to when it will push through with the special elections for the vacant seat in Negros Oriental's 3rd legislative district. "This is entirely within their exclusive and original jurisdiction,"...
Zamboanga del Norte 1st district Rep. Roberto Uy Jr. (4th from right) finally takes his oath as a House member on Nov. 13, 2023. (PPAB) A year and a half after the May 2022 polls, Roberto “Pinpin” Uy, Jr. can finally call himself a...
For the past six years ending in 2022, the House of Representatives (HREP) had received clean audit reports from the Commission on Audit (COA). “For CY (calendar year) 2022 and prior years, no Notice of Suspension, Notice of Disallowance, and Notice of Charge was issued,” COA said in its 2022...
PEACE-MAKER Timor Leste President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Manila two days ago for a state visit. He met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang, where they discussed educational, technical, economic, and political cooperation between our two...
House Speaker Martin G. Romualdez has committed to increase the budget allocation for the defense sector amid the continuous harassment of Philippine ships in the West Philippine Sea. Romualdez said the budget support is part of the Marcos administration’s policy to secure and protect the West...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After its cybersecurity protection was likened to that of a "shanty", the House of Representatives recently formed a Cybersecurity Committee composed of its highest ranking civilian...
Lanao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Yasser Alonto Balindong (Facebook) Lanao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Yasser Alonto Balindong has yet to warm his seat as House deputy speaker, but he already has some fighting words. In a statement Wednesday afternoon,...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) Last Tuesday, Nov. 7, Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Davao City 3rd district Rep. Isidro Ungab were stripped of their title as deputy speakers in the House of Representatives. Taking their place were...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) Solons' work in the House of Representatives hasn't been hobbled by "recent events", Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Wednesday, Nov. 8. Salceda, in a chance interview, gave off the impression that work in the...
