PEACE-MAKER The city of our birth, Dagupan, by the edge of Lingayen Gulf, lies close to the pilgrim town of Manaoag, where devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is a faith cast in stone. Our earliest memory of our town was an area of lowlands in the midst of swamps nestled by the South China Sea. In...
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....
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday, May 1 said the House of Representatives is fully committed to support President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.'s initiative to push for the preservation of peace in the Indo-Pacific region. House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (3rd...
The House of Representatives will pursue the passage of laws aimed at promoting and protecting the Filipino workers’ welfare, Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said on Monday, May 1. Romualdez made the assurance as he joins the nation in celebrating the Labor Day, greeting workers...
PEACE-MAKER Today, Dagupeños, together with thousands of local and foreign tourists, flock to Dagupan City’s central business district for the grilling of thousands of Bangus (milkfish), which is the highpoint of our city’s Bangus Festival. The festival is a yearly food and culture celebration...
A SIM card House Speaker Martin Romualdez is asking the country's telecommunications companies (telcos) to reveal the total number of their postpaid mobile phone subscribers as well as the active but unlisted SIMs that they have sold. “Their combined data should give us, the public, an idea of...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte asked students of Montessori de San Juan in San Juan City to remain grateful to the people behind their success. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks during the graduation ceremony of Montessori de San Juan in San Juan City on Thursday, April 27....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The upcoming meeting between President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and United States (US) President Joe Biden will pay huge dividends for the Philippines, particularly in the realm of security and the economy. Thus, said House Speaker Martin...
PEACE-MAKER We join our cousin Gretchen de Venecia del Rosario and her family in mourning the passing of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. As our country’s top diplomat during the President Benigno Aquino III administration, Albert first captured the Filipino people’s...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (left), and her husband, House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) The two new "Alagang Tingog Centers"--a social service center brainchild of Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez and her husband, House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin...
House Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) For Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr., House Speaker Martin Romualdez's high approval marks in recent surveys reflect a large public support for the lawmakers' economic Charter change...
