House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Thriry-four congressmen coming from different political parties in the Visayan bloc have expressed their "unwavering and resolute support" for House Speaker Martin Romuladez's leadership amid the chamber's...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook, Malacañang photo) A one-time ally for former president Rodrigo Duterte has sided with House Speaker Martin Romualdez on the issue of confidential...
West Philippine Sea (Wikipedia) Congressmen have continued to underscore the wisdom behind the House of Representatives' realignment of confidential funds under the 2024 national budget amid persisting tension with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). ...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will neither be distracted nor intimated by the political noise surrounding the issue of confidential funds. Thus, said Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez, who...
Melvin Matibag (left) and Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag (Facebook) Lawyer Melvin Matibag, husband of Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag, has resigned as secretary-general and member of erstwhile ruling party...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Did you know that the Makabayan bloc filed a bill that sought transparency for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) even before the militants took to task Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot button issue? Makabayan member ACT...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) More House members are insisting that the chamber’s realignment of P1.23 billion worth of confidential funds from the 2024 national budget--including those sought by Vice President Sara Duterte--was...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) Speaker Martin Romuladez's fellow congressmen from Eastern Visayas have come up with a unified statement of support for the House leader following the...
House Deputy Majority Leader and Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre stressed that the House of Representatives did the “right thing” when it realigned P1.23 billion worth of confidential funds into enforcement agencies patrolling the West Philippine Sea...
In a cryptic continuation of her earlier statement about her offices’ controversial confidential funds, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Oct. 18, asked her supporters to beware of their friends. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (Inday Sara...
Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) What's wrong with realigning confidential funds for the purpose of securing the country’s interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)? House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district...
The local government of Davao City "inappropriately charged" P6.4 million against the 20 percent Development Fund (DF) for 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its compliance audit report. The DF "is a required allocation of the LGUs (local government units) out of their respective annual...
