Reginald Sagun Velasco was elected by the House of Representatives to serve as Secretary General of the 19th Congress as it commenced its first regular session last Monday, July 25. House Speaker Rep. Martin Romualdez administers the oath of newly-elected House Secretary General Reginald Velasco...
Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) called the appointment of presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos as senior deputy majority leader of the Lower House "nepotism to the highest level." Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas - KMP (FACEBOOK) "As if the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Despite supporting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the May 9, 2022 elections, both Samar representatives preferred to join the minority bloc in House of Representatives. In a joint statement Tuesday, July 26, Samar Reps. Stephen James Tan and Reynolds Michael Tan said their...
House minority leader and 4Ps Rep. Marcelino Libanan has bared the names of the officers of the minority bloc. Minority Leader Rep. Libanan during the 19th Congress' first regular session (Screengrab from House of Representatives livestream) Libanan announced the officers minutes after he took oath...
Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino (4Ps) Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has been elected the House minority leader of the 19th Congress. Rep. Libanan delivers his acceptance speech before the 19th Congress (Screencap from House of Representatives livestream) Shortly...
The overwhelming mandate that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. garnered in the May 2022 polls has become the impetus for the 19th Congress to embark on a legislative agenda that will address the travails that the Philippines is going through, which include the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and the...
Newly-elected House Speaker Martin Romualdez is satisfied with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Speaker Martin Romualdez (MB FILE PHOTO) "For his first SONA, the President clearly spelled out a roadmap of governance in his six years of office....
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has been elected as the 24th Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read: https://mb.com.ph/2022/07/25/sole-nominee-romualdez-wins-speakership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sole-nominee-romualdez-wins-speakership Romualdez previously...
Lawmakers, led by Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, believe that Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez is the “most qualified” to lead the House of Representatives in the 19th Congress. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) This was...
The unity message of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is alive and well in the House of Representatives as most of the lawmakers expressed renewed hope at the election of Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez as Speaker for the 19th Congress. Opening session of the House of...
He signed up for the job in 2019, but ultimately gave way to other speakership aspirants. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Lakas-CMD Media) But Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez's destiny could no longer be denied on Monday, July 25, after he was elected as House Speaker by his...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos thinks that the qualifications of newly-elected House Speaker Rep. Martin Romualdez make him worthy of the position, and not his relationship to the Marcos family. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (second from right) (Facebook) Romualdez's...
