Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. expressed concern on the substitute bill on pension system for military and uniformed personnel (MUP) that was approved by the House of Representatives (HOR). Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto...
ABANG LINGKOD Party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen "Caraps" Paduano (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The ongoing House inquiry into the P149-million questionable transactions of the municipal government of Mexico, Pampanga is about transparency and accountability,...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) Filipino church choral group Kammercor Manila was feted by congressmen on Wednesday night, Aug. 17, for recently bagging the coveted 2023 Choir of the World title at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Adopted...
ABANG LINGKOD Party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen "Caraps" Paduano (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Three project contractors of the municipal government of Mexico, Pampanga have been subpoenaed to appear before an inquiry of the House Committee on Public...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Basketball, billiards, e-sports, football, skateboarding, surfing, wushu. These are some of the sports that Filipino athletes will compete in if and when the proposed biennial Philippine National Games (PNG)--envisioned as the country’s...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) gets accompanied by Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (left) during his surpise market inspections. (Facebook) Amid the apparent surge in local retail prices of rice, the House...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading the New Philippine Building Act, which seeks to replace the 46-year-old Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1096 or National Building Code. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8500, the...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) With a nominal vote result of 206-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that, when enacted, would regulate the activities of cooperative banks (CBs). Embodied in...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that aims to do away with the old, complicated process of acquiring public agricultural lands. Gaining 193 "yes" votes, zero...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman Citing the "huge economic losses" being suffered by his province, Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman is seeking a House inquiry on what he described as the "frequent and incessant” power outages or brownouts there. Filed by Hataman was House...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The substitute bill to the proposed "Philippine Mining Fiscal Regime Act" has been approved by the Congressman Joey Salceda-chaired House Committee on Ways and Means. "With the committee approval of the fiscal regime for mining, the House...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Public Accounts is seeking the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) of embattled Mexico, Pampanga Mayor Teddy Tumang in connection with its inquiry into allegedly anomalous transactions entered...
