Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today (May 19) warned that a possible Supreme Court decision stopping Congress from canvassing the May 9 votes for President and Vice President would court a constitutional crisis. Sotto issued the statement after civic leaders on Tuesday have asked the High...
As reelected Senator Risa Hontiveros aims to build a legitimate minority in the Senate, she said that she is willing to let Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III become the minority floor leader. (MB FILE PHOTOS) This, as Hontiveros revealed that she had already contacted Pimenetel, but noted that...
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...
Only the Supreme Court (SC) can stop Congress in its duty to canvass the votes cast for the presidential and vice presidential race during the May 9 elections. Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez had this to say Tuesday,...
The two detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives are expected to be freed from jail on June 3, the ‘sine die’ adjournment of Congress. This is because the contempt charge slapped by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee against the two shall have been extinguished, Senate President...
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...
The first bill that incoming Senator Raffy Tulfo will file in the 19th Congress will be about domestic violence. ‘’In my anti-domestic violence bill whoever the victims are, they will be helped. Victims need places where they can go to for immediate help, where they can seek safe refuge, find...
Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has finally addressed on Saturday, May 14 the issue on the House Speakership, which appears to be his for the taking. Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (Lakas-CMD Media) This, after several political personalities endorsed him for the top...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis "LRay" Villafuerte bared his pick for the speakership race in the upcoming 19th Congress: Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez. Majority Leader Martin Romualdez (Lakas-CMD Media) “Congressman Martin Romualdez is a consensus-builder. The fact that he...
In an announcement that would further seal the deal on the matter of the speakership, Pampanga 2nd district Representative and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has endorsed Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez for the top post in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th...
So. who will be the Senate President in the forthcoming 19th Congress? There are still no clues on who will replace outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III, chairman of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Sotto lost in the May 9, 2022 vice presidential race. By June 30, he will have...
