Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. The House of Representatives has formally asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to hold a special election in order to name a replacement for the expelled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives passed another Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC)-listed bill on third and final reading during plenary session. Given final approval on late...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has passed a bill that aims to support young Filipino athletes by institutionalizing a sports voucher system that they can use for their training or for the purchase of sports equipment. Gaining 275 affirmative votes...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A measure providing for the establishment of disaster food banks and stockpiles throughout the country to hasten delivery of relief goods and other supplies during calamities has gained final approval in the House of Representatives. ...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Basketball, billiards, e-sports, football, skateboarding, surfing, wushu. These are some of the sports that Filipino athletes will compete in if and when the proposed biennial Philippine National Games (PNG)--envisioned as the country’s...
A Japanese official has wished for the Philippines' success in managing its Maharlika Investment Fund, especially in the country's infrastructure agenda. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Chief Representative of Japan’s Komeito Party Natsuo Yamaguchi (Photo courtesy of KJ...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Facebook) Wednesday, Aug. 16 was the last time in the 19th Congress that Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. can call himself a congressman. The House of Representatives voted 265-0-3...
(Unsplash) House Speaker Martin Romualdez will use the ongoing hearings of the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 as a vehicle to solve a very serious problem of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Romualdez, the leader of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations will start scrutinizing the budgets of the individual agencies this week as the hearings on the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 goes into high...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) A commuter safety and protection advocate failed to hide his frustrations during a recent House Committee on Transportation hearing when he practically described as “useless” the Motorcycle Taxi-Technical Working Group...
(Bloomberg) A measure outlawing bulk foreign currency smuggling for any person found concealing through fraud, willful misdeclaration, or other means the amount exceeding $10,000 when arriving or leaving any point of entry in the Philippines has moved past the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With a vote of 206-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading Wednesday night, Aug. 9 a bill that seeks to strengthen the government’s national health program for senior citizens. House Bill (HB)...
