Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) The chairmanship of the Committee on Appropriation--one of the most powerful positions in the House of Representatives--was declared vacant during plenary session Monday, Jan. 13. Losing the plum post was...
The House quad-committee (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the “Young Guns” bloc of the House of Representatives expressed their gratitude to the public following the results of a recent survey showing that the majority of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ahead of the resumption of plenary sessions, House quinta-committee overall chairman, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has vowed to step up the joint panel’s efforts to lower the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa told the quad-committee (quad-comm) in the House of Representatives to focus its energy on investigating the prevalence of crime in the country, instead of using their resources in detaining former and current officers "who are serving the land in good faith". The...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expressed support for the exclusion of teaching and non-teaching personnel from proposals to rightsize the national government. Gatchalian pointed out that the basic education sector already suffers from a teaching and non-teaching staff shortage. During the 2025 national...
Organizers, as well as government officials and the private sector, are confident with the country’s hosting of the 2025 FIVB Men’s World Championships happening on Sept. 12 to 28 in two major Metro Manila venues. From left, sports patron Manuel V. Pangilinan, Philippine Olympic Committee...
(Unsplash) The House of Representatives will make combating poverty its top priority this 2025--with the vaunted quinta-committee (quinta-comm) being its main weapon. Thus, said Assistant Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre following a...
From Harbin in February to Chengdu in August and Bahrain in October before finally in Thailand in December and 2025 will be a busy year for Filipino athletes, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. “It’s a busy year marked with major...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (PPAB) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda credited the progress of the House quinta-committee (quinta-comm), particularly the initiatives led by Speaker Martin Romualdez, for the steady decrease in rice prices. In a...
The country is fielding a 20-athletes team to the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games that China is hosting for the third time from February 7 to 14 in the winter resort city of Harbin. The mission? To start setting the stage for a first-ever Winter Olympics medal for the Philippines....
Combatting the country’s problem on the proliferation of fake government documents and exposing the lapses in the regulation of tobacco products were among the accomplishments of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in 2024, Senator Pia Cayetano said. Cayetano, chairperson of the blue...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) The overall chairman of the House quinta-committee (quinta-comm) has told Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel Jr. to immediately follow through on his...
