Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves no-showed the March 21, Tuesday hearing of the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, forcing the panel to "reach a conclusion" on its motu proprio probe on his continued absence without official leave. "The committee has reached a...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. sought to deliver a privilege speech during plenary session Monday, March 20. However, things didn't go as planned for Teves, who remains out of the country. A letter addressed to House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep....
The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges refused to hear the side of Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. on Monday afternoon, March 20 when the panel resumed proceedings on the embattled solon's expired travel clearance. The reason? Teves was only available via...
The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges will resume its discussions on Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr.'s continued absence from work next week. The next hearing of the COOP-NATCCO Party-list Rep. Felimon Espares-chaired panel has been slated on Monday, March 20, at 2...
The decision on whether or not Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves would be granted his requested two-month leave of absence is out of the House leadership's hands. Instead, it is now up to the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges to decide on this embattled solon's request....
House Speaker Martin Romualdez had a "private meeting" with Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves' legal counsel, lawyer Ferdinand Topacio on Wednesday night, March 15, the former has confirmed. Romualdez, in a statement sent to House of Representatives reporters Thursday morning,...
Embattled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. has officially asked the House of Representatives for a two-month leave of absence. Teves cited security concerns in his request, which was confirmed received by the House leadership on Wednesday night, March 15. "The undersigned...
The other Teves in the House of Representatives is crying foul over his being mistaken for the congressman who is tagged in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last March 4. "As an innocent person, yours truly is not involved in the killing of Governor Degamo but unfortunately my...
The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges will be sending a letter to embattled Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. in order to make him explain his current absence without official leave. Thus, bared committee chairman and COOP-NATCCO Party-list Rep. Felimon Espares in a...
In a move meant to "protect the image of the House", the Committee on Ethics and Privileges called for a hearing Wednesday morning, March 15 on the continued absence of Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. The committee, chaired by COOP-NATCCO Party-list Rep. Felimon Espares,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has confirmed talking to Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teve Jr., who is being implicated in the broad-daylight assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo last March 4. "Cong. Arnie Teves got in touch with me through a phone call last...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he has not heard from Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. in the past few days. "I have yet to receive any communication from Cong. Arnie since I appealed to him to return home," Rodriguez, Leyte’s 1st district representative, said in a...
