President Marcos on Wednesday, Sept. 20, certified the “necessity of the immediate enactment” of House Bill (HB) No. 8980, which is the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
(Unsplash) Here's some good news for undergraduate-professionals, or individuals who are part of the workforce but were unable to attain a college degree. With a vote of 251-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives approved on third and final...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed "Philippine Mining Fiscal Regime Act", which seek to enhance the fiscal regime for the mining industry has gained penultimate approval in the House of Representatives. Approved on...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (left), House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan (Facebook. PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez had earlier vowed that congressmen will pass the proposed P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) or national budget for...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will have extended work weeks for the rest of the month in a bid to stay on track with its target passage date of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or...
PEACE-MAKER After many years in Philippine politics and in political party and parliamentary diplomacy in the international community, we have spent the last three years just observing political events and developments. We are heartened that our son, Congressman Christopher, has continued our and...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After 33 days, the House Committee on Appropriations adjourned on Tuesday night, Sept. 12 its grueling per agency budget deliberations on the proppsed 2024 national budget. "Madam chairman, I move...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Speaker Martin Romualdez-led House of Representatives has adopted a resolution expressing its deepest sympathy, solidarity, and support to the people and government of Morocco, which was recently...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is more interested in working than in talking. Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. made this point as he...
​President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and US Vice President Kamala Harris discussed developments in the South China Sea as they met Wednesday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Jakarta. According to a readout provided by...
EJ Obiena Filipino pole vault phenom Ernest John “EJ” Obiena continues to win accolades for the country--something that the House of Representatives can't help but notice. As such, the lower chamber adopted during plenary session late Wednesday...
The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives adopted on late Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 6 a resolution expressing the chamber’s profound condolences to the family of veteran broadcast journalist Mike Enriquez, who...
