House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez hailed the recent state visits of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for generating around $14.36 billion or P804.78 billion in pledged investments from foreign business entities. President Marcos meets members of the Philippine...
The House of Representatives Committee on Information and Communications Technology has approved a consolidated bill pertaining to the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. SIM cards (Pixabay stock photo) The panel approved a consolidated measure consisting of 14 different House...
House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co believes that the agriculture-based challenges that the country is facing is "difficult but surmountable". (Unsplash) Co had this to say as Department of Agriculture (DA) officials led by Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban...
Speaker Martin G. Romualdez called on all Filipinos to revisit the lives of the country’s heroes and learn to emulate the values they held and exemplified. “Before Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Gregorio del Pilar and the others became heroes, they were ordinary Filipinos who were deeply moved...
What did ranking officials of the House of Representatives and the Marcos administration’s economic managers do before the start of the 2023 budget deliberations Friday morning? From left to right: House Appropriations Chairman Zaldy Co, Speaker Romualdez, Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan,...
Speaker Martin Romualdez has advised his House of Representatives colleagues to "actively participate" in the crafting of the 2023 national budget, the detailed deliberations of which was kicked off Friday morning, Aug. 26. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) "I encourage every member of this...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez asserted on Thursday, Aug. 25, that the proposed 2023 national budget would respond to the needs of Filipinos, especially in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Photo from House of Representatives via Twitter) He said in a statement...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Edcel Lagman has "corrected" the claim that the recent deal between the shuttered ABS-CBN and TV5 violated the latter network's franchise. TV5 logo "There is no franchise issue," Lagman, an independent minority solon, said in a letter to House Speaker Martin Romualdez on...
The legislative agenda of lady lawmakers in the House of Representatives won't get left behind in the 19th Congress, House Speaker Martin Romualdez vowed. Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker's office) “Rest assured that the leadership of the 19th Congress will support your endeavors to advance the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says the lower chamber aims to pass the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 on third and final reading by the end of next month. From left to right: DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. Speaker Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday, Aug. 22, was all praises for the strong partnership between the Philippines and the United States (US) in the fight against tuberculosis. House Speaker Martin Romualdez speaks during the launch of the National Lung Month celebration at the House of...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has submitted for deliberation the 2023 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives in a turnover ceremony on Monday, Aug. 22. DBM Secretary Pangandaman (left) turns over the 2023 NEP to Speaker Romualdez (Photo from Speaker...
