A congressman from a province that directly faces the West Philippine Sea (WPS) says it would be a great "morale boost" for Filipinos to hear President Marcos reiterate the government 's commitment to protecting the country’s sovereignty in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Zambales...
Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun says the House of Representatives has the manpower needed to handle the passage of the proposed 2027 national budget as well as seeing through the Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. The House has over 300 members...
Two deputy speakers in the House of Representatives can 't help but feel that Vice President Sara Duterte 's continued refusal to personally answer the charges in her impeachment trial is a sign of guilt. La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Jay Khonghun,...
A ranking congressman has called out impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers for supposed acts in violation of decorum. In a statement on Wednesday, July 15, House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun told the defense panel to uphold the...
Ranking House of Representatives members have lambasted China for the reported deployment of a floating structure within the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in Zambales less than a month before the 10th anniversary of the Philippines ' arbitral award. Criticizing Beijing 's...
"Our sovereignty is non-negotiable." This was the stern statement of House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st Rep. Jay Khonghun following reports on possible new structures in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “I fully trust that the Philippine government, under the...
House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st Rep. Jay Khonghun rebuked members of the Senate majority bloc for supposedly being poor role models to the Filipino youth. This was mainly due to the majority senators ' proposal to allow remote participation and voting for senators who may be absent or facing...
House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun says the 2028 "no election" scenario and other rumors being floated by Senator Imee Marcos are simply meant to deflect from the real central issue, which is Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial. “Walang katotohanan ang...
House members past and present have hailed President Marcos ' decision to inject young blood into his team of economic managers by tapping public finance practitioner and University of the Philippines (UP) professor Kim Robert de Leon as Department of Budget and Management (DBM) secretary....
House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep Jay Khonghun said Wednesday, May 13 that he wants to test Senator Imee Marcos ' alleged theory that money, projects, or financial favors make the world go round in Congress. As a test case, Khonghun pointed to the Senate coup d 'etat last...
Ranking congressmen refused to give any mental advantage to Vice President Sara Duterte in their rather thorny tit-for-tat leading to the May 11 plenary vote on the lady official 's articles of impeachment. Supplying their respective retorts to Vice President Duterte were La Union 1st district...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Now that Vice President Sara Dutertehas been making public appearances left and right, House Assistant Majority Leader Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun has advised the...
