House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez assured the public on Monday afternoon, March 6, that there would be no sacred cows in the government’s fight against criminality. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) Romualdez, president of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD),...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said he'd favor a recommendation to the President to reshuffle the personnel within the Department of Agriculture (DA). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and Cavite 4th district Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) But Barzaga, one of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has told Negros Oriental folk to remain calm at the heels of the assassination of their governor, Roel Degamo. Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo's wake (Speaker’s office) This, as he assured people of the province that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is...
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto said the government should look into the “catalogue of complaints" on the jeepney modernization. (MANILA BULLETIN) Recto, in a statement Wednesday, March 1, said the complaints ranging from "financing to roadworthiness to...
The House Committee on Appropriations' decision to hold a briefing with the country’s top economic managers Tuesday, Feb. 28 was in line with the Chief Executive's order to improve the lives of Filipinos. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
If House Speaker Martin Romualdez would have his way, he would impose a one-strike policy against collectors of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) who fail to meet their target revenues. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left) and House Speaker Martin...
Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagma has welcomed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s "offer of reconciliation". Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Edcel (Facebook) However, Lagman, an administration critic, mentioned a catch before such reconciliation can...
Isabela 1st district Rep. Tonypet Albano praised President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Saturday, Feb. 25 for "offering his hand of reconciliation" on the occasion of the anniversay of the 1986 EDSA People Power revolution despite the "trauma" that the latter suffered from the event. President...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is not giving up on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. as far as the latter's casting aside of Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts is concerned. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr....
Administration critic Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman believes he knows why the House of Representatives is "rolling fast" with the proposed amendments to the Constitution despite President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s pronouncements that Charter change (Cha-cha) wasn't his priority....
A House of Representatives panel has approved the substitute bill for the value-added tax (VAT) refund for outbound tourists, a proposal already approved in principle by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The currently unnumbered measured was passed on...
A week after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared Charter change (Cha-cha) as not being a priority, a panel in the House of Representatives decided Monday, Feb. 20 that it would go the Constitutional convention (con-con) route should the measures to amend the 1987 Charter prosper....
