House Speaker Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is predicting that the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) would play a bigger role in the country’s development with the potential enactment of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Romualdez, the prime mover of the MIF...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Coalitions among political factions are common in the Philippines, and the House of Representatives always has the largest collection of such groups under one roof. The biggest political party in the House right now is the Lakas-Christian...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Speaker’s office, Rep. Arroyo's office) Could this be the bookend of the leadership drama in the House of Representatives? If so, then the speakership of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez appears to be on firm...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) He may be the fourth highest-ranked official of the land, but House Speaker Martin Romualdez still gets "jealous" of other public servants sometimes. Romualdez made this admission on Monday, May 29 in front of nearly 100 visiting Armed Forces of the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), salt (Speaker's office, Unsplash) The approval of the proposed Philippine Salt Industry Development Act will help address "a sin"--that is, the Philippine's dependence on imported salt despite it being surrounded by salt water. With a vote of 287-0-0...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives gave its final approval on Monday afternoon, May 29 to the measure promoting the development of the Philippine bamboo industry, as embodied in House Bill (HB) No.7941. This, after 282 congressmen voted in favor of HB No.7941 during nominal voting in Monday's...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Speaker’s office, Facebook) Ranking members of the House of Representatives hailed the third reading passage of the proposed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital Act during plenary session Monday afternoon, May 29....
Megastar Sharon Cuneta didn't let it slide when an online user seemingly mocked her recent post about Coco Martin and Julia Montes. Note that on Instagram, Sharon expressed joy about the two making public their relationship after 12 years. She wrote: "Umamin na ang mga anak ko yaayyy!!! Happy si...
Vice President Sara Duterte and Sen. Raffy Tulfo topped the latest Tangere presidential survey for 2028 conducted from May 22 to 24. According to the pollster, three to four out of 10 Filipinos, or 39 percent prefer Duterte as their first presidential choice if the 2028 Presidential Elections...
Motivational speaker and social media influencer Rendon Labador (Facebook) Motivational speaker and social media influencer Rendon Labador issued a public apology video to actors Michael V. and Coco Martin. This came about after Rendon posted a video about how Influencers are the new mainstream...
From left to right: President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and Vice President Sara Duterte (Speaker’s office, Rep. Arroyo's office, Facebook) Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo says that she would never do anything to destroy...
Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Rep. Arroyo's office) Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo slammed on Sunday, May 28 reports linking First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos to the alleged House coup that had been designed against Speaker Martin...
