The House plenary hall The Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives approved its pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) measure, Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7, on Wednesday afternoon, March 6, after roughly six days of plenary...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) The Committee of the Whole in the House of Representatives refuses to slow down with its deliberations on its pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) measure, Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7. This, despite...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) The House of Representatives will walk the talk on economic Charter change (Cha-cha) on Monday, Feb. 26, when it begins deliberations on Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7. Senior Deputy...
Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (left), Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Issues on the availability of resource persons caused the discussions of the Committee of the Whole on Resolution...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives' deliberations on Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7--its pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) measure--will begin on Monday, Feb....
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday said she sees a need for the Senate to convene the Committee of the Whole to discuss the pending concerns regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. Senator Nancy Binay (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN) Binay said it is imperative for the Senate in the 19 th...
The Senate Committee of the Whole looks forward to the appearance of Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to its next hybrid hearing to dispel suspicions that he is against the interest of Filipino farmers. The committee, chaired by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, had...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson exhorted the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Tuesday, April 12 to have a sense of urgency and speed up its processing of intelligence information on agricultural smugglers and their supposed protectors in government. Lacson said...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Eric Go Yap on Tuesday, April 12 said he is staking his life for the sake of the 130,000 Benguet farmers whose livelihood is being threatened by unabated agricultural smuggling. Yap said this in his virtual appearance before the Senate Committee of the Whole hybrid hearing...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, April 12 asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) whether or not charges have been filed against importers of African Swine Flu (ASF)-infected pork products. Lacson fielded the question after scrutinizing the 2021 Department of Trade and...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Tuesday, April 12 asked why no one has been jailed for agricultural smuggling despite the big volume of smuggled goods being intercepted by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Villar, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture and Food Committee, asked the question Tuesday, April 12...
The names of four alleged smugglers supposedly protected by government officials were revealed Tuesday, April 12 during a Senate Committee of the Whole hybrid public hearing on the alleged widespread agriculture produce smuggling that is causing damage to the country’s multi-billion peso...
