The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading on Tuesday afternoon, March 14 a measure espousing rightsizing in government, which is a priority of the Marcos administration. House Bill (HB) No.7240, or the proposed National Government Rightsizing Program, received 292...
Highlighting the role of basketball as the Filipinos’ favorite and most popular sport, the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development on Tuesday, March 14, approved, subject to style and amendments, a bill seeking to declare April of every year as National Basketball Month. House Bill (HB)...
Militant solons from the Makabayan bloc want full face-to-face plenary sessions to come back in the House of Representatives. For this purpose, the Makabayan led by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro filed House Resolution (HR) No. 859. "It is unfortunate and...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Retirement issues are once again in the news. A House bill proposes lowering the optional retirement age to 56. Another bill seeks to scrap the mandatory retirement age, which now stands at 65 years of age. This topic stirs up personal feelings for me, having been mandatorily...
Two women achievers in the field of arts were feted Monday night, March 13 during the House of Representatives' traditional all-women plenary session. Honored in separate resolutions penned for them were actress Dolly de Leon and the late writer-novelist Lualhati Bautista. It was quite fitting for...
The House Committee on Public Order and Safety has cancelled its scheduled inquiry Tuesday, March 14 on slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's "missing" police escorts on Tuesday, March 14. This was confirmed on Monday night, March 13 by committee chairman, Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep....
The women legislators of the House of Representatives assembled inside and outside the plenary hall Monday, March 13 for a pair of massive groups photos. The women legislators of the House in the 19th Congress (Speaker’s office) The photos were taken on the same day that the chamber held its...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he has not heard from Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. in the past few days. "I have yet to receive any communication from Cong. Arnie since I appealed to him to return home," Rodriguez, Leyte’s 1st district representative, said in a...
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on Monday, March 13, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent House Bill (HB) No. 7568, which would mandate a P750 across-the-board wage increase for those working in the agricultural and non-agricultural...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is prodding Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri to tackle Charter change (Cha-cha) in the upper chamber, even if the latter believes that it's a hopeless case. If anything, it's by pushing through with the Senate discussions that the...
The House Committee on Public Order and Safety will not be inviting Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. to its motu proprio investigation on the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo. According to committee chairman, Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan...
The House of Representatives' investigation on the suspicious absence of five of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's Philippine National Police (PNP) escorts on the day the official was assassinated will begin Tuesday, March 14. This was confirmed by Sta. Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan...
