The House of Representatives was assured on Wednesday, April 8 that the country’s fuel supply was stable despite global volatility, even as the chamber convened 13 committees to draw up a legislative response to the fuel price crisis. During the first hearing of the 13-panel Legislative Energy...
Vice President Sara Duterte has taken her legal battle to the Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines, with her defense team confirming the filing of a petition questioning ongoing proceedings at the House of Representatives of the Philippines. In a statement released on Wednesday, April 8,...
The push for renewable energy (RE) has seemingly become en vogue among congressmen due to the effects of the fuel price crisis, whch have placed a huge spotlight on the disadvantages of fossil fuel dependence. In recent weeks, a handful of lawmakers have championed pro-RE measures, with some going...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla has ordered House of Representatives Secretary General Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil to submit in three days all the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of House Deputy Secretary General Sofonias Ponce Gabonada Jr. in the subpoena he issued, Remulla...
The path to "Bayanihan 3" begins at the House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 8, as the leadership of 13 committees will convene to hold the first of its high-level joint hearings in response to persisting fuel price crisis. Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo, chairman of the Committee on Ways...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla warned House of Representatives Secretary General Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil of suspension if she continues to refuse the release of the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of House lawmakers under probe on anomalous flood control projects. Remulla...
"Congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga is set to report back to work this week at the House of Representatives after serving his second 60-day suspension for "disorderly behavior". The eccentric lawmaker and son of the late legal luminary, longtime Cavite Rep. Elpidio...
All signs point to the crafting of a so-called "Bayanihan 3" bill in the House of Representatives--a measure that is meant to serve as a response not only to the current fuel price crisis, but also future problems that would require a whole-of-government solution. Thus, said Committee on Ways and...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, March 31 announced that the AGRI-AGRA Team has organized a dedicated task force to closely monitor and respond to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The said team is composed of representatives from the Department of Agriculture (DA), the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has dismissed the allegations made in the impending impeachment complaint against its officials as "not new" and have been clarified multiple times to the public, standing by the integrity in the conduct of the past elections. "Ang mga isyu o paratang na ito...
Two lawyers are eyeing the impeachment of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia and six sitting commissioners of the poll body before the House of Representatives. Complainants Eldrige Marvin Aceron, founding partner of Aceron & Attorneys and Founder of the Aceron Public...
Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has instructed the House of Representatives to conduct a series of joint committee hearings to consolidate government action and craft a comprehensive legislative response to the escalating Middle East crisis. In a statement Monday, March 30, Dy announced that...
