Two deputy speakers from the House of Representatives have castigated Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste for making a sweeping allegation against his colleagues on the issue of vote-buying. Deputy Speakers La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has brushed off the criminal complaint filed against him and five other executives of Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB/SPBC), calling it “super duper hina (super duper weak)". "The only information I have is what I got from the media, and...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a resolution seeking a Senate inquiry into the implementation and distribution of government cash assistance and subsidy programs following reports of alleged discriminatory practices in Batangas. Under Proposed Senate Resolution No. 381, Legarda called on the...
Batangas-based solons have banded together to file a resolution formally condemning the supposed "baseless, malicious, and irresponsible" allegations made by Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste against Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto and Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. House...
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"...
Neophyte solon Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste found himself in the proverbial eye of the storm during plenary session Tuesday, May 5 after he irked several of his much older and more seasoned colleagues with his insinuations of impropriety. A quick headcount showed that Leviste...
Telling the truth, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said, is the "antidote" to the allegations made by Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Leviste against him, whom he labeled a liar. In a lengthy statement on Tuesday, May 5, Recto dismissed Leviste 's allegations against him by...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste says he currently has no plans to run for provincial governor in 2028 despite his recent criticisms against incumbent Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. Leviste, a neophyte congressman, was asked pointblank about the rumored gubernatorial run on...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste is prodding the Marcos administration to launch an investigation on the alleged discrimination and corruption in its "Bawat Bayan Makikinabang" programs, including the "Bawat Barangay Makikinabang" program. This, after the neophyte congressman told...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste reiterated his aggressive push for Congress to move ahead with legislation that called for the reduction of value-added tax (VAT) from 12 percent to 10 percent. The outspoken Leviste did so during the latest hearing of the House Legislative...
Why are members of Congress allowing the executive branch to keep value-added tax (VAT) on commodities including fuel products despite strong clamor to reduce it? A fired up Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste asked this question to his solon-colleagues Monday, April 13 during the...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste is up in arms over the stratospheric price levels of fuel in the Philippines, which he described as among the most expensive in Asia. But at least this problem has a very simple solution, he noted. "Ang Pilipinas ay isa sa may pinakamataas na...
