If there was one thing that stood out for Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri during day one of the marathon canvassing, it's the fact that House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez hardly stood up. Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri (left) praises House...
The two chambers of Congress–the House of Representatives and Senate–held a joint session Tuesday, May 24 as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) began canvassing the votes cast during the May 9, 2022 national elections--a process that solons assured will be conducted with integrity. Speaker...
Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has now gained the endorsements of the top two incoming officials of the land as far as his House Speakership bid in the 19th Congress is concerned. Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez (Lakas-CMD Media) This,...
Officials of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) have formalized the party’s support towards the Speakership bid of Majority Floor Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez. The NPC and Romualdez during the fellowship dinner on Saturday, May 21 (Photo from Lakas-CMD Media) NPC...
The emergence of a new supermajority in the House of Representatives bodes well for the fulfillment of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos's campaign promises, the most popular of which have to do with lowering the costs of electricity and the Filipinos' staple food, rice. Camarines Sur 2nd...
House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez led the sweet tributes for the late Justice Manuel “Lolong” Lazaro on Thursday morning, May 19 at the Sanctuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati City. From 1976 to 1986, Lazaro was the Government Corporate Counsel (GCC)...
Goodbye 'Bayanihan" bills, hello "Bayan Bangon Muli" or BBM bill. From left to right: Bulacan Rep. Rida Robes, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, and Pampanga Rep. Dong Gonzales Majority leader and top speakership contender for the 19th Congress...
The numbers aren't officially in yet, but the verdict sure is. The potential speakership of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez is expected to give rise to a "supermajority" bloc that would be the biggest the House of Representatives has ever seen since the term first became in vogue in the...
Returning Pampanga 2nd district Rep. and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo doubled down on her endorsement of House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez's potential speakership in the upcoming 19th Congress. From left to right: Majority Leader Martin Romualdez,...
Incumbent House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco endorsed on Tuesday, May 17 Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez as his successor for the top post in the legislative chamber in the upcoming 19th Congress. BATON PASSED?--Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (left) share a fist bump...
Even an outgoing congressman in Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas believes that the House of Representatives will be in good hands under speakership contender, current Majority Leader Martin Romualdez. Outgoing Quezon City 5th district Rep. Alfred Vargas (Facebook) "I have seen firsthand...
The Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) will throw its support to incumbent House Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday, May 15. Sotto, who ran for vice president...