Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) House Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that an increase of P350 on the existing minimum wage would be more adequate than the proposed P100 by the Senate. However, she says...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (PPAB) After weeks of potshots and bickering over the Charter change (Cha-cha) issue, the House of Representatives and the Senate have finally found "common ground". This was Deputy Majority Leader...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) In a chess move of sorts, the House of Representatives filed on Monday afternoon, Feb. 19 Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.7, which was a "carbon copy" of the Senate's RBH No.6. This means that each...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives is officially bringing back its daily press conferences, but not for the purpose of attacking their lawmaker-colleagues from the Senate or anybody...
House Assistant Majority Leader and Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing answering questions during the press conference (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Citing concerns over the Philippines’ ability to seize economic...
Deputy Speaker and Isabela 1st district Rep. Antonio “Tonypet” Albano (PPAB) If Jesus Christ can improve on God’s written word in the Bible through the New Testament, why can’t we do the same to the Constitution? Such was the question Deputy Speaker...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking House of Representatives members have filed a measure that is expected to put pressure on the Senate to pass their Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6. Senior...
Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. A former chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments is prodding the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to pull the People’s Initiative (PI) for Charter change (Cha-cha) out of the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The proposed revision of the nearly four-decade-old Constitution won't rip Philippine society asunder. Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. made this reassurance of sorts as he continued to press for much-needed economic...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House of Representatives members highlighted on Sunday, Feb. 18 the glaring difference between the leadership styles of Speaker Martin...
Speaking before alumni of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri says that he is hoping that they stand with the Senate in protecting the 1987 Constitution. (Photo from the Office of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri) "I am hopeful that our men and women of the...
1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez (Ellson Quismorio/MANILA BULLETIN) 1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez doesn't view the release of retraction forms for signatures in the People’s Initiative (PI) as a defeat for the particular movement...
