Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook, Speaker's office) Shunning "divisive politics", Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said on Wednesday, June 7 that improving the lives of Filipinos remains the top priority of the...
Amid reports of tension brewing between them, Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 7, denied a lawmaker’s claim that House Speaker Martin Romualdez played a role in her eventual decision to seek the vice presidency in 2022. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte (OVP photo)...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) House Speaker Martin Romualdez hails Malacañang's choice of tapping Gibo Teodoro and Dr. Ted Herbosa as the secretaries of the Department of National Defense (DND) and Department of Health (DOH), respectively, saying they will bring to the table a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are the true heroes of the Philippine Republic. House Speaker Martin Romualdez made this declaration in front of migrant Filipinos during his visit to Jeju island, South Korea last week. "Your hard work and...
In what could be her way of signaling a rift between herself and the powerful Romualdez clan, Vice President Sara Duterte started her speech during the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) "Pasidungog" event expressing her love for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., but refusing to...
(Tingog Party-list) More Alagang Tingog Centers (ATC) continue to spring up in different parts of the country thanks to the collaborative efforts of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre. Late last month, ATCs were inaugurated in Candelaria...
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (left) offers a toast to his counterpart Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea Kim Jin-pyo during their dinner-meeting hosted by the latter at Lotte Hotel in Jeju Island on June 1, 2023. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) After a grueling 10 months of work, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has advised his congressman-colleagues to "reenergize" themselves during the lengthy legislative recess. “As we close the first regular session, I wish that you will remain...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives capped on Wednesday night, May 31 a prolific first regular session wherein it processed 9,600 measures, including 33 deemed as priority bills of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. In the 19th Congress....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Screenshot from YouTube live) Something unusual happened in the House of Representatives just before the sine die adjournment of the first regular session. Right after House Speaker Martin Romualdez delivered his closing speech in plenary Wednesday night,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), and Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. (Speaker’s office, Facebook) It's nothing personal. House Speaker Martin Romualdez stressed this message Wednesday night, May 31 after the chamber handed down a second 60-day suspension on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) leads the distribution of P10,000 ayuda to displaced sugar farmers in Balayan, Batangas. (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led the distribution of P10,000 worth of cash assistance or "ayuda" each to some 800 sugar farmers in Batangas...
