Don’t just act tough. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday, September 1 challenged lawmakers of the Senate and House of Representatives to stop merely acting tough and instead exercise real power over the proposed budget of the Office Vice President for 2025....
BACOLOD CITY - Victorias City, Negros Occidental Mayor Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez is torn between seeking re-election or running as congressman in the third district of the province. OFFICIALS of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental led by Mayor Marvin Malacon (seated right), with Victorias City...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Chavit Singson on Wednesday, August 21, announced that he is running for senator in the 2025 mid-term elections. SINGSON In a meeting with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), Singson said that many ranking government...
A day after she figured in a heated verbal exchange with Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Sen. Risa Hontiveros disclosed plans to realign the proposed P10-million budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for the distribution of her children’s book “Isang...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations has deferred deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) following the unavoidable absence of acting...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez far right confers with fellow top leaders from political parties (Speaker’s office) Is this the genesis of the administration’s Senate slate for 2025? House Speaker Martin Romualdez led on Monday night, Aug....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, August 18 said it is imperative for lawmakers to scrutinize carefully the additional subsidy being asked by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). PhilHealth, the senator noted, is asking an additional subsidy of P70-billion for 2025...
Rizal 2nd district Rep. Dino Tanjuatco (Facebook) Rizal 2nd district Rep. Dino Tanjuatco has warmed Filipinos about what believes is the very real possibility of a failure of elections--and its chaotic falloutin May 2025. According to Tanjuatco who...
LUCENA CITY – The Commission on Elections on Saturday, August 17, held a demonstration for the new automated counting machine in next year’s elections in a popular mall here. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, who led the event, said it will make voting more convenient and hassle-free...
CEBU CITY – Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and former senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan on Friday, August 16, launched their senatorial bids here, nine months before midterm elections next year. LAWYER Chel Diokno (seated left) and former Senators Bam Aquino and Francis Pangilinan,...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera is calling for greater transparency and timely reporting on the management of earmarked revenues for the proposed national budget for 2025. This, as Herrera raised the alarm on the...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged the government to implement a more efficient approach in distributing financial assistance noting how administrative costs are eating up on the funds instead of benefitting Filipinos in need. Cayetano said with the government agencies’...
