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...
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....
