Malasakit@Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Anthony Golez wants to criminalize both the acts of vote-buying and vote-selling, which is believed to be a common activity during every election season. Workers check the printed official ballots to be used for the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections at...
The House of Representatives is set to deliberate on 2,877 measures filed by various lawmakers during the plenary sessions held from July 25 to 27 and Aug. 1 to 3, the office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez reported on Sunday, Aug. 7. House of Representatives (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agencies should fast-track the implementation of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Toll Interoperability Project, lawmakers said. Neophyte lawmaker Ilocos Rep. Sandro Marcos and Valenzuela City 2nd District Rep. Eric Martinez filed House Resolution...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House In our column dated March, 20, 2022, we paid tribute to former President Fidel V. Ramos who celebrated his 94th birthday on March 18. Last Sunday, July 31, FVR, as he was popularly known, who served as the 12th President of the...
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- US President Joe Biden will host Pacific island leaders at the White House in September, a senior American diplomat said Saturday, deepening a regional charm offensive to counter growing Chinese influence. Visiting Tonga, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the leaders...
Makabayan bloc lawmakers want to learn the circumstances behind the reported expiration last July of 4.2 million doses of the private sector’s Covid-19 vaccines worth P5.1 billion. Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Read:...
House officials led by Speaker Martin Romualdez discussed with Depaetment of Finance (DOF) Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Thursday, Aug. 4 the Marcos administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF), which is seen to consolidate fiscal management and resource mobilization toward the fulfillment...
Several important posts in the ongoing 19th Congress were filled by the House of Representatives leadership during the plenary session on Wednesday night, Aug. 3. The House plenary (PPAB) These posts includes seats in the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) as well as the House of...
Pangasinan 5th district Rep. Ramon Guico Jr. wants to clear sidewalks of street vendors in a bid to improve conditions for pedestrian foot traffic. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The lawmaker filed House Bill (HB) 1252, otherwise known as the “Unobstructed Sidewalks Act", last July 5....
“Payag ba tayo na hulmahin ng social media ang ating mga values bilang mga Pilipino? Lalo na ang ating mga kabataan (Will we allow social media to mold our values as Filipinos? Especially that of our youth)?” Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (Screencap from House of Representatives...
Pangasinan 2nd district Rep. Mark Cojuangco, in a privilege speech before the House plenary on Monday, Aug. 1, underscored the need to adopt nuclear power in the Philippines. Rep. Mark Cojuangco (Screengrab from House of Representatives livestream) Cojuango, in a speech explaining the urgency and...
The Philippines is monitoring developments with regard to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Asia amid warnings from China that its military will "not sit idly by" if the congresswoman pushes through with its rumored stopover in Taiwan, a self-governing island claimed by China as part of its...
