Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has brushed off the criminal complaint filed against him and five other executives of Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB/SPBC), calling it “super duper hina (super duper weak)". "The only information I have is what I got from the media, and...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has claimed that he helped clinch the victory of Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto in the 2025 elections, and that the "Star For All Seasons" would have lost without his intervention. It is also because of this that the Rectos feel "threatened"...
While insisting that the coal moratorium stays, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin indicated that the Department of Energy (DOE) is giving the country’s aging coal plants a not-so-gentle performance review—especially those that keep “calling in sick” through repeated forced outages that strain...
House Deputy Speakers Paolo Ortega V and Janette Garin categorically denied over the weekend that congressmen were either bribed or forced to vote for the declaration of probable cause in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case. Ortega, La Union 's 1st district representative,...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga simply wants to be true to his inner cat--which is the reason why he always appears to be ragebaiting people, even his colleagues in the House of Representatives. This can be gleaned from his past conversation with House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin strongly hinted at the impending expulsion of "congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga as a result of his latest ethics complaint. This, after Garin told House reporters on Tuesday, April 28 that the House Committee...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon is confident that his face-off with the defense team of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte will happen sooner than later. This, as the House Committee on Justice is set to hold its final hearing on the determination of probable cause in the two...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s economic team said Filipino consumers are unlikely to see meaningful relief from the suspension of excise taxes on gasoline and diesel, as any reduction in pump prices would be minimal and likely offset by prevailing market forces. This was the Cabinet-level...
The Department of Energy (DOE) threatened oil companies with legal action if they fail to implement government-mandated price rollbacks that significantly exceed industry calculations, citing powers granted under a state of national energy emergency. Energy Secretary Sharon Garin issued the...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Sharon S. Garin lauded programs of Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power). Garin noted that MORE Power was able to implement the expanded Lifeline Rate Subsidy Program (LRSP) designed by DOE and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)...
In line with fiscal discipline amid the fuel price crisis, House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin is calling on the national government to temporarily defer non‑essential research projects in agencies, as well as certain Gender and Development (GAD) activities, in accordance...
ILOILO CITY – The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the proposed expansion of Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in southern Iloilo province. Authored by Iloilo first district Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin, House Bill (HB) No. 7647 called for...
