Resolutions of commendation and congratulations started flooding the House of Representatives as many jubilant lawmakers aired their elation over Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz’s gold medal feat in the Tokyo Olympics. House of Representatives facade Philippine Olympics Committee president and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) scored the Makabayan bloc in Congress on Tuesday, July 20, for allegedly spreading lies about the Barangay Development Program (BDP). Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (DILG photo) Bayan Muna Rep Eufemia Cullamat earlier branded DILG Secretary...
A staunch critic of the Duterte government on Wednesday, June 23 assailed the president and his allies for allegedly trying to “blur” the issue on the endorsement of a International Criminal Court probe into the bloody “war on drugs” in the country. Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers...
Makabayan bloc lawmakers on Friday, June 19 called for an independent investigation into the alleged massacre of a 12-year-old girl and two other members of the Lumad-Manobo tribe on Tuesday in Lianga, Surigao del Sur. The 3rd Special Battalion Force of the Philippine Army insisted that the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) demanded the Makabayan Bloc on Friday, June 11, to refrain from misleading the grieving family of a football player from the Far Eastern University (FEU) who got killed in a pre-meditated landmine blast allegedly perpetrated by the New...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced Thursday, June 10, the Makabayan Bloc for exhorting the family of the slain football player Kiefer Absalon and a relative to lodge a complaint before the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) which the group maintained “accepts...
Members of the House of Representatives' progressive Makabayan bloc on Thursday, June 3, raised alarm over the prospects of President Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio running for vice president and president in the 2022 national elections. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and...
Asst. Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s Partylist Rep. Arlene Brosas on Thursday, May 27, decried the move of the House of Representatives leadership to prioritize the Charter change bid over various legislative measures proposing to address the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic....
Nine more members of the House of Representatives have filed a bill for the criminalization of red-tagging. House of Representatives plenary 2 The lawmakers -- Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, La Union Rep. Pablo Ortega as well as Makabayan bloc congressmen Bayan...
While several congressional leaders crossed partylines to condemn the alleged red-tagging efforts against organizers and supporters of community pantries, a senior administration lawmaker bluntly threatened to link a young solon to the communist rebellion during a briefing on the controversy...
Officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) might also have to face lawmakers at the House of Representatives to defend its use of its P19-billion budget amid criticisms on its red-tagging activities against community pantry volunteers. House of...
