The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are nearing its end at the committee level, with the last hearing expected to be held on April 29. Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, a member of the Committee on Justice....
The House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council has covered a lot of ground in terms of coming up with a wide range of legislative responses to this era of elevated fuel prices. To their credit, members of the House of Representatives actively participated in the three hearings...
With three exhaustive marathon hearings under its belt, the 13-panel Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council is now ready to move on to the next phase of its function--that is, to craft a consolidated legislative response to the fuel price crisis. But don 't call it "Bayanihan...
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III underscored on Friday, April 17 the Marcos administration 's commitment to serving justice to Filipinos for alleged corruption in government, including the flood control projects corruption scandal. This, as the House leader welcomed in a statement the...
Minority congressmen are itching to hear what former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has to say about the flood control projects mess, now that he has been arrested in the Czech Republic. Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said the Philippine...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, April 17 hailed the Office of the Ombudsman 's order for a lifestyle check on members of the House of Representatives allegedly involved as contractors in government projects. Lacson said it is “well and good” that the...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal counsel, Salvador Paolo A. Panelo Jr., on Tuesday, April 14, dismissed as “pure fiction” the allegations made by Ramil Madriaga, saying these could ultimately strengthen her defense. In a statement, Panelo referred to a handwritten letter by Madriaga dated...
Why are members of Congress allowing the executive branch to keep value-added tax (VAT) on commodities including fuel products despite strong clamor to reduce it? A fired up Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste asked this question to his solon-colleagues Monday, April 13 during the...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp believes Ramil Madriaga, a confessed bagman of the Vice President, is the “weakest link” in the impeachment case against her, saying they are “not concerned” about him testifying at the upcoming impeachment hearing in the House of Representatives. "We...
The House leadership wants to institutionalize a national protection system that would ensure Filipinos are not left to bear the full burden of another fuel-driven crisis similar to what is currently happening. For this purpose, House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III and Majority Leader Sandro...
The House of Representatives is fast-tracking its legislative response to the problem of elevated fuel costs, with the all-encompassing measure expected to be ready once Congress resumes session on May 4. Such was the commitment of the Legislative Energy Action Development (LEAD) Council, a...
The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are increasingly being framed not just as a political battle, but as a defining constitutional test, following a new petition-in-intervention filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Lawyers and Mindanao-based leaders...
