House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) leads the distribution of P10,000 ayuda to displaced sugar farmers in Balayan, Batangas. (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led the distribution of P10,000 worth of cash assistance or "ayuda" each to some 800 sugar farmers in Batangas...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) A rookie congressman told a handful of government agencies to "get their acts together"--literally--in a bid to establish protocols that can be followed in case of environmental disasters like the MT Princess Empress oil spill. Bicol Saro...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – It’s business as usual in the House of Representatives. Albay Rep. Joey Salceda and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Jill Bongalon on Friday, May 26, said their work has not been affected by the “demotion” of Pampanga Rep. Gloria M. Arroyo from Senior Deputy Speaker to Deputy...
Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is upset with the Marcos administration's intention of implementing a food stamps program, saying it shows just how deeply mired the country is in poverty. Guanzon aired her sentiments in a series of tweets Friday, May 26....
( Unsplash) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has welcomed the recent second-reading passage of the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act, which seeks to address a big irony in the local salt industry. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 8278, the measure seeks to revitalize the salt...
Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto (left) and P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon (Facebook, Twitter) The persons with disabilities (PWDs) sector should have more seats in the House of Representatives. Thus, said Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto in a statement Friday, May 26 as he...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has a proposed a way for the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) to save up to P16 million in electricity fees from the operations of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3....
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) A Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official-turned-congressman has told the Philippine National Police (PNP) to step up its procurement of body-worn cameras or bodycams. This, after Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan learned...
(PNA) House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan has expressed high hopes for the proposed Bureau of Immigration (BI) Modernization Act, which has recently moved forward in the House of Representatives. “We are counting on the full automation and digitization of the BI’s...
(Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) They'd better not erect a condominium on the site of the burned down Manila Central Post Office building. This was practically Rowena Guanzon's concern on Monday, May 22 after the whole country saw the historic edifice in the heart of Manila slowly get consumed by...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) A party-list congressman who supports fisherfolks has vowed legislative action in a bid to declare the critical Verde Island Passage (VIP) a protected area. "Suportado natin ang panawagan na ito, at makakaasa po kayo na maglalabas tayo ng...
From left to right: 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero; US National Guard Bureau chief, General Daniel Hokanson; and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Alejandro NacNac. (Rep. Romero's office) 1-Pacman Party-list Rep. Mikee Romero was dressed to the nines as he...
