Marikina City 2nd Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members consider Speaker Martin Romualdez as their "padre de pamilya" (head of the family), which explains their determination to defend him from...
Sen. Imee Marcos prodded House members on Thursday, Feb. 8 to reveal their true intentions on the proposed economic reforms of the 1987 Constitution, mentioning the supposed aim to extend term limits. In a radio interview on DZBB, Marcos said it was high time that members of the House of...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said that the Senate will not rush its review of the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, placing importance on transparency and accountability in the ongoing discussions surrounding the proposed amendments. Majority Leader Joel Villanueva...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, February 5 that foreign investors and locators never once mentioned anything about amending economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Imee Marcos during the first Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes on Monday, Feb. 5, says...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, February 4 rejected the call of UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan to dismantle the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) saying it is “supremely presumptuous.” Marcos noted that Khan never visited the villages that are under...
The ongoing Senate investigation on the recent People’s Initiative (PI) movement for Charter change (Cha-cha) "contravene[s] inter-parliamentary courtesy" in Congress. This was the stand of Bicol-based congressmen led by Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, who insisted...
OPENING NIGHT Large crowds attend the kick-off rally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s Bagong Pilipinas campaign (Noel Pabalate) Well, that was a remarkable week. Last Sunday, we saw two rallies by two camps. One gathering was a prayer rally against charter change led by former President Rodrigo...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (left), Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) High-ranking congressmen chided certain senators for seemingly prioritizing the conduct of a...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 said she will do anything to save the UniTeam, saying she finds it hard to accept that the alliance between the Marcoses and the Dutertes has been ruined in a little over a year. “Let me be candid. I will do anything to salvage the...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 urged her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to clarify his administration’s stand regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC). While the President has already stated that it would not cooperate with the ICC in any...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 urged her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to abandon the push for a People’s Initiative (PI) that he and his allies in the House of Representatives had started. Marcos said she cannot understand why the President has...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 emphasized the need to first establish a legal framework through legislation before pushing forward with a People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987 Constitution. “Why don’t we first make a law? Let’s hammer together, craft, debate until we...
