THE House of Representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 7 conferred the first Congressional Medal of Excellence on 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. media The chamber also honored with Congressional Medals of Distinction silver medalists Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam and bronze winner...
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 1 named six political personalities being paired as her possible runningmate in the 2022 presidential race but the list excludes Sen. Imee Marcos whom her father, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed to have made a bid to become her vice presidential...
The House Committee on Justice on Thursday, Sept 2 unanimously approved the grant of Philippine citizenship to Elizabeth Eder Zobel de Ayala, a Colombian socio-civic entrepreneur and wife of Ayala Corp. Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala. Elizabeth Eder Zobel de Ayala addressing the...
The House of Representatives has approved 11 priority bills listed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), Majority Leader Martin G. Romualdez said Friday, August 27. House of Representatives The priority measures under LEDAC’s common legislative agenda (CLA) ok’d by...
The legislative proposal proposal to reset next year’s elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 2025 was approved by three House of Representatives committees, two days after the Senate voted to pass on second reading its version of the bill. BARMM logo The...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Duterte will honor his promise to support House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez in case the solon runs for vice president next year. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Leaders of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 10 assured the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Distinction on boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for their outstanding performances in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that merited them medals. Olympics silver medalist...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, August 10, attribute to the "spirit of teamwork and cooperation" the Philippine economy's growth in the second quarter of this year. House majority leader and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “We rejoice with the...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to recall his previous decision for the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States won the support of two officials of the majority bloc in the House of Representatives. VFA exercise But not Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep....
House Majority Leader Representative Martin Romualdez on Monday said the final State of the Nation Address (SONA) is but a capsule of what he was able to achieve for the country and for the Filipino people in the last five years. "Clearly, three hours were not enough to spell out all the relevant...
The leadership of the House of Representatives intends to approve the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 when political season starts to heat up which will be at the last day of the filing of the certificates of candidacies (COCs) in October, 2021....
President Duterte may be open to running for vice president in next year's elections but he actually has no ambition for power, according to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Panelo has dismissed speculations that Duterte was out...
