The House Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council has covered a lot of ground in terms of coming up with a wide range of legislative responses to this era of elevated fuel prices. To their credit, members of the House of Representatives actively participated in the three hearings...
The Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III-led House of Representatives has committeed to pass the long-sought Motorcycle (MC) Taxi Law in the current 20th Congress. This assurance was made during the hearing of the House Legislative Energy Action Development (LEAD) Council on Wednesday, April 16, where...
Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren (Facebook) Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren stressed that the House of Representatives did the right thing in realigning confidential funds from the 2024 national budget. This,...
From left to right: Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga, Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren, and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook, PPAB) Ranking congressmen only have good things to say about House Speaker...
Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren (Facebook) House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren told former president Rodrigo Duterte Monday, Oct. 16 that the decision to realign Vice President Sara Duterte's confidential funds was...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren believes that former president Rodrigo Duterte has "gone too far". This, after ex-president Duterte supposedly threatened to kill...
Quezon 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren (Screenshot from YouTube live) What happened to Gilas Pilipinas in this year's FIBA Basketball World Cup? Quezon 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren asked this question tongue-in-cheek--and out of nowhere--during his...
Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren (Facebook) A basketball player-turned-congressman has asked the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) to review the operations of its online sports betting service providers on the issue of game fixing. ...
House Deputy Majority Leader and Quezon City 3rd district Rep. Franz Pumaren (Facebook) Some of the Filipino athletes campaigning in the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia do not have the proper equipment such as shoes and training gear. This was witnessed first hand by House Deputy...
Notorious college basketball player John Amores could still theoretically make a return to the hard court despite being slapped with an indefinite suspension by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. (left) and Quezon City 3rd district Rep....
Collegiate sports coaches who tolerate the violent behavior of their player-athletes should be penalized. John Amores of Jose Rizal University (NCAA/GMA) House Deputy Majority Leader and Quezon City 3rd Rep. Franz Pumaren supported this notion Monday, Nov. 14 as the viral basketball court rampage...
Disgusted, dumbfounded, dismayed. (Screenshot from Facebook live) These three words best described Quezon City 3rd Rep. Franz Pumaren's reaction Monday afternoon, Nov. 14 as he brought before the plenary the viral dancing clip of some Jose Rizal University (JRU) basketball players. All the dancing...