(Unsplash) A joint panel in the House of Representatives has approved in principle a substitute bill that consolidated several measures aiming to legalize the use of marijuana or cannabis for medicinal purposes. The Committee on Dangerous Drugs and Committee on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez during the Mindanao leg of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-House of Representatives fellowship (Speaker's Office) Consistent with the vision of President Marcos, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has guaranteed that the House of...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva (Facebook) Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva continues to draw flak for his supposed belittling of solons from the House of Representatives. House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. gave a rather foreboding message to members of the Senate on Tuesday,...
Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman fields questions during a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 6 (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman on Tuesday, Feb. 6, questioned the intention of some senators for their...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) Liberal Party (LP) President and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has called on the House of Representatives to finally start committee hearings on the absolute divorce bill after it was recommitted supposedly without...
Political angle, including the proposed Charter Change (Cha-Cha), is among the possibilities being looked at by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in investigating the recent bomb threat against members of the House of Representatives, PNP chief General Benjamin Acorda Jr. said on Tuesday, Feb....
Sen. Robinhood Padilla believes that settling the issue of whether both houses should vote jointly or separately in amending the 1987 Constitution can end the long-running word war between the Senate and House of Representatives. Padilla said that his Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 can be...
House Secretary General Reginald Velasco (Contributed photo) A House of Representatives official felt the need to pray for the senators' "clarity of mind" on the topic of Charter change (Cha-cha). As such, Secretary General Reginald Velasco...
Senators on Monday, Feb. 5 were baffled by the resolution adopted by the lower chamber on Monday afternoon, Feb. 5, defending Speaker Martin Romualdez from what congressmen called "baseless accusations" from the Senate in connection with the recent push for People’s Initiative (PI). For...
Should the Senate and House of Representative vote separately when amending the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution? Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. (left) and former Chief Justice Vicente Mendoza appear at the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) As promised by the House leadership, the lower chamber adopted on Monday afternoon, Feb. 5 a resolution defending Speaker Martin Romualdez from what congressmen called "baseless...
