(MANILA BULLETIN) An appeal to block the granting of a new legislative franchise to First Laguna Electric Cooperative Inc. (FLECO) has reached the House of Representatives. The appeal came from a group of mayors from ten 10 of the 11 municipalities being served by FLECO. The local officials have...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez refuses to let any "distraction" get the better of the House of Representatives when it comes to its task of legislating solutions to the country’s problems. Romualdez had this to say Thursday, June 8 amid the...
House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Contributed photo) "Premature partisanship" won't be enough to derail the work of the House of Representatives. Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe made this declaration Thursday, June 8 even...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Shunning "divisive politics", Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said on Wednesday, June 7 that improving the lives of Filipinos remains the top priority of the...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After a grueling 10 months of work, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has advised his congressman-colleagues to "reenergize" themselves during the lengthy legislative recess. “As we close the first regular session, I wish that you will remain...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives capped on Wednesday night, May 31 a prolific first regular session wherein it processed 9,600 measures, including 33 deemed as priority bills of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. In the 19th Congress....
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,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), and Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Speaker’s office, Facebook) It's nothing personal. House Speaker Martin Romualdez stressed this message Wednesday night, May 31 after the chamber handed down a second 60-day suspension on...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has adopted the Senate's Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill as an amendment to its own version of the measure. Assistant Majority Leader and Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Suansing made the motion for...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo is raring to go to work, with some 120 draft bills ready to be filed. Tulfo himself shared this to reporters during a chance interview Wednesday, May 31 when he occupied his office in...
ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo has explained his status in the House of Representatives. In an interview with House reporters Tuesday night, May 30, Tulfo said that he cannot fully assume the position of congressman until the resolution of...
The House leadership has named the chamber's contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee hearing on the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), or Philippine sovereign wealth fund. The group is composed of Manila 5th district Rep. Irwin Tieng, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Financial...
