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) House Speaker Martin Romualdez will use the ongoing hearings of the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 as a vehicle to solve a very serious problem of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Romualdez, the leader of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations will start scrutinizing the budgets of the individual agencies this week as the hearings on the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 goes into high...
PEACE-MAKER Cambodia has broken a historic ground with the imminent election of the Khuon Sudary as the first woman president of the National Assembly. A veteran parliamentarian, she currently serves as vice president of her country’s lawmaking body. She is also one of our steadfast allies...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) A commuter safety and protection advocate failed to hide his frustrations during a recent House Committee on Transportation hearing when he practically described as “useless” the Motorcycle Taxi-Technical Working Group...
(Bloomberg) A measure outlawing bulk foreign currency smuggling for any person found concealing through fraud, willful misdeclaration, or other means the amount exceeding $10,000 when arriving or leaving any point of entry in the Philippines has moved past the...
(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...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With a vote of 206-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading Wednesday night, Aug. 9 a bill that seeks to strengthen the government’s national health program for senior citizens. House Bill (HB)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations will formally begin to tackle the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) on Thursday, Aug. 10 when it hosts the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) for a briefing on the 2024 spending...
From left to right: Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, Cagayan Vice Governor Melvin "Boy" Vargas Jr., SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (PPAB) The provincial government of Cagayan could face serious violations in connection with its...
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...
