House majority leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe announced on Monday night, Aug. 1 the third batch of committee chairmanship designations in the ongoing 19th Congress. Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) Dalipe made an omnibus motion to designate 18...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman, the first transgender person to be elected to the Philippine House of Representatives, has been designated as chairperson of the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality. Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman (congress.gov.ph) Roman was among the...
Senator Ronaldo "Bato" dela Rosa has nominated a fellow former uniformed personnel as sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, who will protect the 24 "most important people" in the Philippines--the senators. Dela Rosa picked retired Lt. Gen. Roberto Ancan on Monday, Aug. 1 for the position due to his...
All the senators approved on Monday, Aug. 1 a resolution expressing their sympathy and condolences on the death of former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR). The measure, Senate Resolution (SR) No.72, was principally sponsored by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri. All other senators were made...
Deputy minority leader and Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman extolled the late former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino on the occasion of her 13th death anniversary on Monday, Aug. 1. The late former President Corazon "Cory" Aquino (Reuters) In a statement, Hataman highlighted the "shining...
The House of Representatives, on Monday, Aug. 1, adopted House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 2 which expresses the lower chamber’s support for the Marcos Administration’s Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF). The House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Read:...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has tapped former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin Garcia as the poll body's new chairman. Former Elections Commissioner George Garcia (Photo Comelec FB) Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced Garcia's designation on...
The House of Representatives has adopted House Resolution (HR) 120, which expressed the lower chamber's condolences to the bereaved family of former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR). House Resolution 120 (Photos from House of Representatives Media Bureau) On Sunday, July 31, the 12th President of the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has questioned President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision of not making the Philippines rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying there is "nothing to be afraid of, if there is nothing to hide". "Why is there hesitance?" Hontiveros asked on Monday, Aug....
Senator Cynthia Villar wants to place the Philippine (Benham) Rise under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) in order to monitor and maintain the high biodiversity and pristine habitats in the Philippine Rise Marine Resource Reserve (PMRR). Legislation of the PMRR, Villar...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has declared a 10-day period of national mourning over the passing of former President Fidel V. Ramos. Former president Fidel V. Ramos (REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco / MANILA BULLETIN) Maros declared July 31 to Aug. 9 as a Period of National Mourning. The signed...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that the Philippines has no intention in rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "The Philippines has no intention of rejoining the ICC," Marcos said in a press...
