House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has assured Filipinos that the executive and legislature continue to work together to mitigate the impact of elevated fuel prices resulting from geopolitical events. This, even as the House leader cited the big-time pump fuel price rollback scheduled for...
The House leadership wants to institutionalize a national protection system that would ensure Filipinos are not left to bear the full burden of another fuel-driven crisis similar to what is currently happening. For this purpose, House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III and Majority Leader Sandro...
The House of Representatives is fast-tracking its legislative response to the problem of elevated fuel costs, with the all-encompassing measure expected to be ready once Congress resumes session on May 4. Such was the commitment of the Legislative Energy Action Development (LEAD) Council, a...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon believes he knows the real reaaon behind the spread pf rumors such as the alleged deteriorating health of President Marcos and the ouster plot against House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III. It 's all meant to distract and ultimately, to discourage the...
Pampanga congresswoman and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has denied involvement in any alleged plan to unseat House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III. "I categorically deny the allegations concerning the supposed ouster of Speaker Bojie Dy that surfaced yesterday," Arroyo, who represents...
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III has welcomed the Supreme Court 's (SC) apparent non-issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the Committee on Justice 's impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Dy, in a statement on Wednesday night, April 8, said: "We...
The House of Representatives took the first hearing of 13-committee Legislative Energy Action Development (LEAD) Council very seriously. An unheard of 170 out of the 318 members of the lower chamber was listed as the peak attendance of the energy crisis council hearing around noon Wednesday, April...
The House of Representatives was assured on Wednesday, April 8 that the country’s fuel supply was stable despite global volatility, even as the chamber convened 13 committees to draw up a legislative response to the fuel price crisis. During the first hearing of the 13-panel Legislative Energy...
The path to "Bayanihan 3" begins at the House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 8, as the leadership of 13 committees will convene to hold the first of its high-level joint hearings in response to persisting fuel price crisis. Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo, chairman of the Committee on Ways...
Energy efficiency will be a key aspect of the envisioned "Bayanihan 3" bill, Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo said as the House of Representatives readies to craft the measure. Quimbo, in a virtual press conference Tuesday, March 31 said the...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Miro Quimbo believes that the Marcos administration won 't have to incur debt to make the envisioned "Bayanihan 3" law work and provide relief to Filipinos amid the fuel price crisis. In a virtual press conference Tuesday, Quimbo was asked whether or not he...
All signs point to the crafting of a so-called "Bayanihan 3" bill in the House of Representatives--a measure that is meant to serve as a response not only to the current fuel price crisis, but also future problems that would require a whole-of-government solution. Thus, said Committee on Ways and...
