House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has adopted the Senate's Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill as an amendment to its own version of the measure. Assistant Majority Leader and Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Suansing made the motion for...
The Senate on Wednesday (May 31) approved the bicameral conference committee report on the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill which President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is thankful that the House of Representatives...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) If he would have his way, ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo said he would love to join the House of Representatives' version of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. "Gusto ko sana (What I want is hopefully), I would love...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo is raring to go to work, with some 120 draft bills ready to be filed. Tulfo himself shared this to reporters during a chance interview Wednesday, May 31 when he occupied his office in...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo has explained his status in the House of Representatives. In an interview with House reporters Tuesday night, May 30, Tulfo said that he cannot fully assume the position of congressman until the resolution of...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has filed a bill seeking up to 20 years in jail for military and uniformed personnel (MUPs) who give false testimony during congressional investigations. Padilla filed Senate Bill 2265 in the wake of police officers who were cited in contempt after refusing to tell...
The House leadership has named the chamber's contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee hearing on the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), or Philippine sovereign wealth fund. The group is composed of Manila 5th district Rep. Irwin Tieng, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Financial...
House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe (left) and ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Contributed photo) Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary Ewin Tulfo took his oath of office Tuesday night, May 30 as the third nominee of ACT-CIS Party-list. House Majority Leader...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The measure extending the availment period of estate tax amnesty until June 14, 2025 no longer needs to undergo a Bicameral Conference Committee hearing, thereby hastening its potential enactment by Malacañang. This, after the House of...
The Senate started on Tuesday, May 30, committee hearings on a House of Representatives bill seeking to complete 41 local marine hatcheries of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food committee, stressed that the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) More people are expected to physically attend this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA)--the second of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s six-year presidency. This was learned during a meeting in the House of...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The archaic, 111-year-old Warehouse Receipts Law is now one step closer to being updated. This, after the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) No. 198 or the Revised Warehouse Receipts Law of the...
