Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that was submitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate Saturday, Nov. 4 contained P194.5 billion in...
Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Speaker's office) For Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., the recent OCTA survey was a referendum on whether or not...
The tirades of former president Rodrigo Duterte against members of the House of Representatives, including House Speaker Martin Romualdez, and the subsequent remarks made by Congress, show the “cracks” in the UniTeam tandem and signals the start of the preparation for the next elections, a...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Wednesday, Oct. 25 led farmer groups in echoing calls for the "full abolition" of the confidential intelligence funds (CIF) and "to rechannel" the budget for agricultural subsidies and social services. Photo credit to Pixabay According to the assembly's...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte turned combatant once again as he challenged the House of Representatives to “open the books,” referring to its financial documents, and accused its members of having pork barrel after the House removed Vice President Sara Duterte’s proposed multi-million...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Thriry-four congressmen coming from different political parties in the Visayan bloc have expressed their "unwavering and resolute support" for House Speaker Martin Romuladez's leadership amid the chamber's...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook, Malacañang photo) A one-time ally for former president Rodrigo Duterte has sided with House Speaker Martin Romualdez on the issue of confidential...
West Philippine Sea (Wikipedia) Congressmen have continued to underscore the wisdom behind the House of Representatives' realignment of confidential funds under the 2024 national budget amid persisting tension with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). ...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will neither be distracted nor intimated by the political noise surrounding the issue of confidential funds. Thus, said Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez, who...
Melvin Matibag (left) and Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag (Facebook) Lawyer Melvin Matibag, husband of Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag, has resigned as secretary-general and member of erstwhile ruling party...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Did you know that the Makabayan bloc filed a bill that sought transparency for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) even before the militants took to task Vice President Sara Duterte on the hot button issue? Makabayan member ACT...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) More House members are insisting that the chamber’s realignment of P1.23 billion worth of confidential funds from the 2024 national budget--including those sought by Vice President Sara Duterte--was...
