President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Screenshot from YouTube live) Something unusual happened in the House of Representatives just before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session. Right after House Speaker Martin Romualdez delivered his closing speech in plenary Wednesday night,...
Malacañang recently announced the opening of two museums to the public this coming June. The Malacañang Heritage Tours is an initiative spearheaded by First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and is a testament to the rich history of Philippine presidents and their indelible contributions to the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) More people are expected to physically attend this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA)--the second of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s six-year presidency. This was learned during a meeting in the House of...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (Facebook) Here's an initiative from the administration of the late former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. that could help the current Marcos government curb agricultural smuggling. In a statement Sudnay afternoon, May 28, Cavite 4th Rep. Elpidio Barzaga...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left), and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has bared his expectations on Malacañang's plan to issue an executive order (EO) on even greater local autonomy, in...
From left to right: President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker’s office, Rep. Arroyo's office, Facebook) Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo says that she would never do anything to destroy...
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....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) With just three days of plenary sessions left before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session, the House of Representatives bared on Thursday, May 25 that it has already given final approval to 31 out of the 42 priority bills...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. "An unequivocal vote of confidence" in the Marcos administration's socioeconomic agenda. That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described Fitch Ratings’ revision of its credit outlook for the Philippines’...
(Unsplash) The Makabayan bloc is up in arms over the Senate's attempt to reinclude pension handlers Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) in the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) as fund contributors. The militant congressmen said the senators did...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) Destabilization plots in the House of Representatives "should be nipped in the bud". Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez Sunday, May 21 in a statement that appeared intended to allay concerns of supposed cracks in the administration coalition...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) There is still a "UniTeam" in government as far as House Speaker Martin Romualdez is concerned. In a statement Sunday, May 21 amid rumors of a coup plot in the House of Representatives, Romualdez made a reference to the administration alliance between his...