The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is all set for the impeachment complaint hearing of the House Committee on Justice, the agency’s top official said on Saturday, April 25. NBI director Melvin Matibag said their testimony will focus more on the result of the investigation they conducted...
Vice President Sara Duterte will not attend the April 29 hearing of the House Committee on Justice on the impeachment complaints filed against her, her legal team said. At a press conference on April 23, defense spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa confirmed that Duterte would maintain her decision not...
House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon City 5th district Rep. PM Vargas is pushing two measures that seek to provide a comprehensive support system for solo parents and their children. Vargas, a second-term solon, is highlighting the bills a few days removed from the country’s observance of National...
The legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 23, clarified why she has not been attending House hearings related to her impeachment case, saying the proceedings “lack constitutional jurisdiction” and are not the “proper venue” for trial. During a press conference,...
The House of Representatives leadership granted a travel clearance request from former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, who planned a personal trip to Singapore for medical reasons. "As requested, travel clearance is hereby granted to the Honorable Ferdinand Martin G....
The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, April 20, that it has yet to receive an official copy of the decision from the Commission on Audit (COA) presented during a recent congressional hearing, preventing it from issuing any formal comment on the matter. In a brief statement, the...
The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte are nearing its end at the committee level, with the last hearing expected to be held on April 29. Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, a member of the Committee on Justice....
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...
With three exhaustive marathon hearings under its belt, the 13-panel Legislative Energy Action and Development (LEAD) Council is now ready to move on to the next phase of its function--that is, to craft a consolidated legislative response to the fuel price crisis. But don 't call it "Bayanihan...
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III underscored on Friday, April 17 the Marcos administration 's commitment to serving justice to Filipinos for alleged corruption in government, including the flood control projects corruption scandal. This, as the House leader welcomed in a statement the...
Minority congressmen are itching to hear what former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co has to say about the flood control projects mess, now that he has been arrested in the Czech Republic. Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said the Philippine...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, April 17 hailed the Office of the Ombudsman 's order for a lifestyle check on members of the House of Representatives allegedly involved as contractors in government projects. Lacson said it is “well and good” that the...
