Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Rep. Arroyo's office) Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo slammed on Sunday, May 28 reports linking First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos to the alleged House coup that had been designed against Speaker Martin...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Speaker's office, Facebook) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has downplayed as a mere political spat the issue between Speaker Martin Romualdez and Pampanga 2nd district Rep....
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) A high-ranking congressman has attested to the competence and value to the legislature of House Speaker Martin Romualdez amid rumors that there is a plot to unseat him. In a Facebook post Saturday, May 20,...
Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PPAB) House Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo released on late Thursday night, May 18 a lengthy response to rumors that she was hatching a coup against Speaker Martin Romualdez. "When I...
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have reached a consensus “to do something more” regarding conflict-torn Myanmar, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, May 11. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. with his fellow leaders from the Association of Southeast...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar democracy activists called for businesses to close nationwide on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government, with the junta hinting it may extend a state of emergency and delay new elections. The military justified its...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has hailed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for his big achievement in connection with climate change mitigation during the latter's just-concluded state visit to China. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and President...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday. In this file photo taken on August 17, 2017, Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu...
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta will "annihilate" coup opponents, army chief Min Aung Hlaing said Sunday as the military staged a show of force on the anniversary of its bloodiest crackdown so far on democracy protests. The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a putsch in February...
President Duterte met with several lawmakers in Malacañang on Tuesday night, Nov. 16, Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles has confirmed. media "It was an informal and relaxed gathering with lawmakers, many of whom are friends of the President dating back to his...
Plenary session in the House of Representatives adjourned early Tuesday, Nov. 16 amid rumors of an impending coup aimed at ousting Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.and Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco Romualdez...
HONG KONG, China -- Corpses piled high next to a rice field in northern Myanmar show the bloody consequence of a hot-blooded, uncoordinated attack by villagers on battle-hardened junta troops. People take shelter and block the road during a protest in Myanmar's second-largest city Mandalay. Eight...