The House of Representatives moved one step closer to completing the reorganization of its committees Monday, Aug. 8 after more solons were designated to their respective panel chairmanships. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Making the motion to designate the various House members to their new...
Senators have selected a new batch of chairpersons among themselves to head various committees in the 19th Congress. Senator Mark Villar has been elected to head the Committee on Banks, Financial Institution and Currencies; Senator Bong Revilla to the Committee on Civil Service, Government...
House majority leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe announced on Monday night, Aug. 1 the third batch of committee chairmanship designations in the ongoing 19th Congress. Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) Dalipe made an omnibus motion to designate 18...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman, the first transgender person to be elected to the Philippine House of Representatives, has been designated as chairperson of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (congress.gov.ph) Roman was among the...
Only a handful of reelected congressmen were able to retain their committee chairmanships for the fledgling 19th Congress. PPAB This was the case as far as the latest list of House panel chairmanships sent to reporters is concerned. The designations to the House panels were made official via...
The 24-member Senate is almost finished selecting chairmen of the chamber's 40 committees in the upcoming 19th Congress, which begins on July 25. The selection was made by senators who form the so-called ‘’Senate supemajority’’ headed by incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri after...
