Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin says the Senate might find as "insulting" the request of Vice President Sara Duterte 's camp for the upper chamber to shoulder the catering cost of her impeachment trial defense team. In particular, the House deputy speaker took issue with the reported...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that if anybody in the Senate impeachment court has to be bias-free or neutral, it 's the senator-judges. Garin gave this general reminder to the public following Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial Wednesday,...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has nothing but good things to say about Dr. Jose Brittanio Pujalte Jr., the newly-appointed Department of Health (DOH) secretary. "I warmly congratulate Secretary Brix Pujalte on his appointment. I have worked with him before, and I have...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin lamented on Friday, July 10 the memes on personal attacks against prosecutors that have tainted public discourse on the all-important impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. “Unang una, ikinagugulat ko bakit ba tayo...
Ranking members of the House of Representatives have come out to defend Executive Secretary Ralph Recto from what they described as political clatter coming from health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon. Criticizing Leachon were Deputy Speakers Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin and La Union 1st...
As "congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga 's fate hangs in the balance, a House leader highlighted the eccentric solon 's apparent disinterest with his job in the legislative chamber. Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin, in an online interview,...
Seemingly taking advantage of the endorphins produced among congressmen during a long but productive plenary session, Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has made a plea to a House leader in order to save his friend, "congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga....
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has filed a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry into the growing incidence of fake news, online harassment, cyber threats, disinformation, and other forms of digital abuse proliferating across social media and online platforms. Her...
It looks like health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon irked more congressmen than previously thought with his resignation call against Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto. Lashing out at Leachon on Monday, May 11, were Lanao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Manila 3rd district Rep....
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Janette Garin has shown that she is unbothered by the recent references to her and Dengvaxia, despite what her congressman-colleagues might think. Recently tagging Garin in Dengvaxia-related posts are "congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco...
When health reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon called for Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto 's resignation, he probably didn 't expect three women leaders from the House of Representatives to give him a dressing-down for his supposedly haphazard remarks. Rebuking and lecturing Leachon on...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has claimed that he helped clinch the victory of Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto in the 2025 elections, and that the "Star For All Seasons" would have lost without his intervention. It is also because of this that the Rectos feel "threatened"...
