House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former Marikina congressman Bayani Fernando (Speaker’s office, Facebook) The late former Marikina City mayor and congressman Bayani Fernando "left an indelible mark" not only on his beloved city but on the entire...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has received a formal appeal from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to restore P91 billion in its capital outlay under the P5.768-trillion General...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to secure nearly P200 million in direct cash aid or "ayuda" for some 8,000 fishermen who lost their livelihood in Oriental Mindoro as a result of the M/V...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has guaranteed the passage on third and final reading next week of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024. ...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Sept. 20, certified the “necessity of the immediate enactment” of House Bill (HB) No. 8980, which is the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is prodding the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to file charges against rice smugglers, including those behind the illegal entry of the staple grain through ports in Mindanao. “I...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives has passed on third and final reading all but two measures identified by the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) for passage by the end of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has hailed President Marcos' move of raising the farm gate or buying price of palay (unhusked rice), saying it shows...
(MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez defended the more controversial points of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) on Tuesday, Sept. 19--the same day that former and incumbent solons sought to have the fund declared unconstitutional by the...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) Oil companies made numerous requests to House Speaker Martin Romualdez but offered nothing concrete in return during their consultative meeting Monday, Sept. 18 on the fuel price surge problem. Thus, said...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has personally warned emissaries of local oil companies that lawmakers won't hesitate to get tough on them if they turn out to be "part of the problem"--the problem being the...
(Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo has called out local oil firms for one of their more eyebrow-raising tendencies--that of imposing the exact same price adjustments as each other on a near weekly basis. ...
