House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez says the House of Representatives is poised to finish the 19th Congress in terms of its near-complete fulfillment of the Legislative-Executive Development...
The bill mandating local government units (LGUs) to deliver donated relief goods to inaccessible disaster-stricken communities has been passed by the House of Representatives. House Bill (HB) No. 10924, or the “Free Transportation of Relief Goods Act,” was was passed by a 182-0 vote....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) Speaker Martin Romualdez announced on Wednesday night, Dec. 18, that the House of Representatives will be pushing for a one-year suspension of the monthly premium contributions among members of the...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed on third and final reading the proposed statute that would foreign investors a lease on private...
All is not lost as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. still has the power to ask the bicameral conference committee to reconvene and fix all the contentious items in the final version of the P6.532 trillion national budget for 2025, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said. Zubiri...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading several measures seeking to declare 10 places in the country as ecotourism sites and tourist destinations. During the plenary session on Wednesday, Dec. 11, the lower...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (PPAB) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel criticized the ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget, as he cited changes in funding...
Members of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability filing the two House bills (PPAB) Members of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability filed on Wednesday, Dec. 11, two measures that aim to...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The measure postponing the first regular elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from May 12, 2025 to May 11, 2026 is on the cusp of...
The bicameral conference committee tasked to reconcile the conflicting provisions of the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 have agreed to hold an “open bicam” during the next meeting. Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance, said both the...
After holding seven hearings, the House Committee on Good Governance and Public Accountability will introduce sweeping reforms in the use of confidential funds as it wraps up its investigation into Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged P612.5-million confidential fund misuse. The said...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, December 8 expressed concern there would be delays in the approval of priority bills should the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte pushes through. Gatchalian said that is one of the main possible complications he expects to...
