(Keith Bacongco/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez explained on Friday, May 26 the importance of the proposed New Agrarian Emancipation Act, which is poised to be enacted next by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 6336, the measure seeks to...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) With just three days of plenary sessions left before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session, the House of Representatives bared on Thursday, May 25 that it has already given final approval to 31 out of the 42 priority bills...
Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Rep. Arroyo's office) The House leadership drama is not yet over, and Deputy Speaker Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo might be planning a counterattack. Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman made these claims...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Philippines is the "most attractive" investment destination for European businesses. House Speaker Martin Romualdez learned this straight from Noel Clehane, board member of the EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) during a meeting Tuesday...
Fans rejoiced with Coco Martin blurting out "12 years na kaming magkasama," when asked recently about him and Julia Montes. They were only too eager to assume that it is the admission that they have been waiting for from the two and for so long. But was it really? Some suggest that Coco's...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez House Speaker Martin Romualdez has issued yet another stern warning against the unscrupulous individuals who had a hand the onion price surge late last year. This, after Romualdez met with key lawmakers and officials of the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) late Monday...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (3rd from left) leads the oathtaking of 19 new Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) members on May 23, 2023. Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (rightmost) is on hand. Speaker Martin Romualdez and Deputy Speaker Pampanga 2nd...
Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Contributed photo) It appears that Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has already put the alleged House leadership squabble behind her. The former president, wearing bright orange co-ords with...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. "An unequivocal vote of confidence" in the Marcos administration's socioeconomic agenda. That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described Fitch Ratings’ revision of its credit outlook for the Philippines’...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is one step closer to having a law on national land use. This, after the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading Bill (HB) No.8162 or the proposed National Land Use Act (NLUA), via vote of 262-3-0...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The 51-strong Visayas bloc in the House of Representatives is the latest group of solon to express its support to Speaker Martin Romualdez. "Members of the Visayan Bloc express full support for Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (2nd from left), Deputy Speaker Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (center), and Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (2nd from right) (Screenshot from YouTube live) Is the House leadership "spat" officially...
