Last May 11, Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa surprised everyone by showing up at the Senate for the first time in five months--a move that made possible the Senate coup d 'etat that installed Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate President. That 's exactly the kind of courage that Lanao del Sur...
The "forthwith" debacle has once again reared its head, this time in the 2026 Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong opined that the July 6 trial start date set by the Senate was...
Ranking members of the House of Representatives have come out to defend Executive Secretary Ralph Recto from what they described as political clatter coming from health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon. Criticizing Leachon were Deputy Speakers Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin and La Union 1st...
Ranking House members have expressed their reservations about the online participation rule that 's being pushed by the new Senate majority particularly in view of the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Giving their two cents on the matter Wednesday, May 27 are...
So enticing is the prospect of convicting impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte that a lot of private lawyers are offering their services to the House prosecution team for free. Thus, said House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong on...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has brushed off any controversy in the changes to panel chairmanships in the chamber, saying such movements are a "regular" thing. In particular, Adiong rejected the claim that members of the House were stripped...
Saying the legislature needs him, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has asked Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson excise all thoughts about retirement. “We respectfully appeal to Sen. Lacson not to resign. The country continues to benefit from his experience, competence, integrity, and...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong is so confident about the strength of the evidence against impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte, he knows that only fake news has a chance of disrupting it. “Sa lakas ng ebidensya, ang...
The potential installation of a new Senate President--be it Senator Sherwin Gatchalian or somebody else--will not affect the strength of the prosecution 's case in the Senate impeachment trial of respondent Vice President Sara Duterte. Thus, said Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto...
The House prosecution panel in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial has not one, but two spokespersons--Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renee Co. And as far as the former is concerned, the dual mouthpiece set-up is...
The long-sought Anti-Political Dynasty Law, which eyes a second degree of consanguinity or affinity as limit on political families, has moved a step closer to enactment on late Wednesday afternoon, May 20 following its second-reading passage in the House of Representatives. Embodied in House Bill...
The proposed Anti-Political Dynasty Act will stop political families from simultaneously controlling local government units (LGUs) and their resources by barring close relatives from serving together in the same locality. House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms Chairman Lanao del Sur 1st...
