Deputy Speaker and Misamis Occidental 2nd District Rep. Henry Oaminal on Monday, July 26 decided to leave the House of Representatives despite getting “negative” results in two COVID-19 tests he took since Sunday. COVID 19 tests Oaminal said he decided to participate in yesterday afternoon’s...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco formally opened on Monday, July 26 the third and final regular session of the 18th Congress with a vow that the House of Representatives is ready to make “one last big push” for the passage of the remaining legislative priorities of the Duterte administration. House...
The leadership of the House of Representatives intends to approve the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 when political season starts to heat up which will be at the last day of the filing of the certificates of candidacies (COCs) in October, 2021....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Tomorrow, July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA), with the COVID-19 plague still hovering over our country and around the world. It will be the second time that our nation...
The leadership of the House of Representatives has listed the proposed Philippine Virology Institute Act and four other legislative measures with President Rodrigo Duterte’s legislative agenda as among the top priorities of the chamber in its last year of regular session. House of Representatives...
Oil or natural gas that may be discovered within the Philippines exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine sea belong to Filipinos even if found during an oil exploration by China, House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate declared Wednesday, July 21. Natural gas...
Congressmen and health experts moved on Wednesday, July 21 to ask the Supreme Court to step into the Ivermectin controversy as they stressed that the medicine could help address the grave threat brought by the Delta variant to public health. Ivermectin2 However, bad weather prevented the...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday, July 19 underscored the important role members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) played in the country’s fight against the devastating effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic. Speaker Velasco PNP rites Velasco personally offered his...
Unless the Freedom of Information bill is enacted into law and without confirmation from acknowledged international anti-corruption groups, serious doubts and questions will continue to be raised on the Duterte administration’s claim of high achievements in the fight against graft and dishonesty...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House The Asian, European, African, Latin American, Australian, and US parliaments could organize a program and send delegations to the North Korea legislature, their Ministers of Agriculture and Tourism might interact with their North Korean...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has been chosen as the commencement speaker for this year’s commencement exercises of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola Schools. Sotto, 32, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science at the Ateneo in 2011, and completed his masters in public...
The House Committee on Energy on Friday, July 16 approved a bill that seeks to fully develop the Philippine downstream natural gas industry and consolidate all laws relating to the transmission, distribution and the supply of natural gas. Natural gas Malampaya Authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco...
