After roughly two years, the House of Representatives is allowing for the first time the in-person coverage of a committee meeting on Monday morning, March 7. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was confirmed in a Viber message to reporters by the House media bureau on late Sunday night, March 6....
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As of this writing, delegations from Moscow and Kyiv, respectively, were scheduled to meet in Belarus for a second round of negotiations on the raging military hostilities in Ukraine. Although their first meeting did not produce a...
The chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means has projected what can be described as titanic price hikes on fuel next week. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, in Viber message to reporters Friday night, March 4, said he sees diesel prices going up by a...
An "Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc Committee" will convene in the House of Representatives next week to tackle possible solutions to the problem of runaway domestic fuel prices. (Photo from House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco's Facebook) This was confirmed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco Friday afternoon,...
Bayan Muna Party-list, on Thursday, March 3, filed House Resolution (HR) No. 2504 initiating a House investigation into the Social Security System’s (SSS) re-implementation of the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners (ACOP) Program. The SSS main office (FILE PHOTO) “The reimplementation of the...
House Committee on Economic Affairs chairperson and AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Rep. Sharon Garin is hopeful that the proposed New Public Service Act will soon be signed into law by President Duterte. This, after the measure was transmitted to the Office of the President for enactment last Monday, Feb....
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will leave it up to Congress as to whether or not to restore the operating franchise of television and radio giant ABS-CBN, in the event she becomes the next vice president of the country. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio answers...
A measure that seeks to give additional benefits to social workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has been filed in the House of Representatives. (Photo from Alfred Vargas's Facebook) House Bill (HB) No. 10810, filed by Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas, recognizes...
A House leader is calling for an investigation on the use of drones after one such device allegedly tried to "invade" her family’s home. (Kaleb Kendall/ Unsplash) San Jose Del Monte lone district Rep. Florida “Rida” Robes filed House Resolution (HR) No.2473, which urges the House Committee on...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House As a proud Dagupeno, whose education was helped financed by bangus (milkfish) harvests, we miss our annual Bangus (milkfish) Festival here in our hometown Dagupan City, which was cancelled since the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic two...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto lll should recommend to Malacañang the conduct of special sessions in Congress to approve bills that would suspend excise taxes on fuel, the prices of which have been skyrocketing as of late. House Speaker Lord Allan...
PROMDI party standard-bearer Senator Manny Pacquiao has pledged to allow Senator Leila de Lima to be held under house arrest and her case be resolved swiftly if he makes it as the next president of the country. Senator Manny Pacquiao with vendors in Taytay, Rizal Pacquiao said he will abide by what...
