(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Ways and Means approved on Tuesday, May 9 a bill criminalizing tax racketeering. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda sponsored House Bill (HB) No.7653 during Tuesday's committee proceedings. Salceda chairs the panel. Salceda’s proposal defines tax...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from right) presides over the all-party caucus Monday afternoon, May 8 (Speaker's office) The leaders of the different political parties in the House of Representatives have committed to support the passage of the 13 remaining priority bills of President...
(Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Association of Women Legislators Foundation, Inc. (AWLFI), chaired by Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez opened on Monday, May 8 a three-day fundraising art exhibition featuring gold art paintings by internationally-renowned South Korean artist Kim...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The much-panned "no permit, no exam" policy in private schools could soon become a thing of the past, thanks to this action from the lower chamber. House Bill (HB) No.7584 was unanimously approved on third and reading by the House of...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading on Monday afternoon, May 8 the proposed Act providing for early voting by qualified senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), lawyers, and human resources for health in national and local elections....
House of Representatives (PPAB) A measure seeking to provide mandatory insurance coverage, retirement pay, and other employment benefits to all electrical line workers was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on third and final reading Monday afternoon, May 8. Approved during...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Here's something good to look forward to for grandma and grandpa. The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that will grant a cash gift worth P1 million to Filipino centenarians who will reach the age of 101 years old. Given final House nod during...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is employing a team approach in his bid to get as much work done as possible in the final month of the 19th Congress. Romualdez opened plenary session Monday afternoon, May 8 seemingly to rev up everybody's engines,...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A subcommittee led by Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos is recommending the continued observance of hybrid plenary sessions in the House of Representatives. This was bared by House Minority...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will be looking to pass on third and final reading not eight, but 14 more priority measures of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. once it resumes sessions on Monday, May 8. This, after House Speaker Martin...
From left to right: Onions, the House plenary, Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) The House of Representatives will resume plenary sessions tomorrow, Monday, May 8, in the afterglow of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s five-day United...
PEACE-MAKER Cambodia makes history as it hosts for the first time the 2023 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which is currently being held in capital Phnom Penh from May 5 to 17. It was supposed to host the games in 1963 but did not push through due to the political situation in the country at the time....
