Michelle Dee House members have adopted a resolution commending beauty queen Michelle Dee for her "masterful execution of grace and elegance" during the Miss Universe 2023 pageant. Adopted by the 300-plus strong chamber on Tuesday night, Dec. 5 was House...
Vice President Sara Duterte Ranking congressmen came out with a strong, united statement on Tuesday, Dec. 5 regarding their support for President Marcos' all-encompassing peace initiative with different rebel groups, including communists. "As the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave a stern warning on Sunday night, Dec. 3 to those behind the appalling blast at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City that same morning. "To those who seek to...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will await on the go signal of the House of Representatives (HOR) as to when it will push through with the special elections for the vacant seat in Negros Oriental's 3rd legislative district. "This is entirely within their exclusive and original jurisdiction,"...
For the past six years ending in 2022, the House of Representatives (HREP) had received clean audit reports from the Commission on Audit (COA). “For CY (calendar year) 2022 and prior years, no Notice of Suspension, Notice of Disallowance, and Notice of Charge was issued,” COA said in its 2022...
House Speaker Martin G. Romualdez has committed to increase the budget allocation for the defense sector amid the continuous harassment of Philippine ships in the West Philippine Sea. Romualdez said the budget support is part of the Marcos administration’s policy to secure and protect the West...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) Solons' work in the House of Representatives hasn't been hobbled by "recent events", Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said Wednesday, Nov. 8. Salceda, in a chance interview, gave off the impression that work in the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte, the chairman of the once-ruling political party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), welcomed the resignation of Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. after the lawmaker named him as the person who maligned the House of...
Recalling numerous cooperative endeavors in the past, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said this "heart-to-heart" relationship that Japan has with the Philippines is something that should prosper and be passed on to the next generation. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his...
House Deputy Minority Leader Bernadette Herrera has called on the House leadership to fast track the approval of the bill that seeks to improve the country’s road safety measures and ease tollway congestion especially during the peak holiday seasons. The Bagong Henerasyon Party-list...
The tirades of former president Rodrigo Duterte against members of the House of Representatives, including House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and the subsequent remarks made by Congress, show the “cracks” in the UniTeam tandem and signals the start of the preparation for the next elections, a...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) More House members are insisting that the chamber’s realignment of P1.23 billion worth of confidential funds from the 2024 national budget--including those sought by Vice President Sara Duterte--was...
