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 Leaders of opposition and administration blocs in the House of Representatives are not buying the gag order imposed on spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as a way of sparing the agency from getting defunded. Deputy Speaker and Manila Rep....

Albay Representative Joey Sarte Salceda has filed House Bill No. 9214, or the Budget Modernization Bill, a priority of the economic managers of the Duterte administration. The bill, which contains the administration’s version of the budget reform, sets the ground rules for the use and allocation...

Photo from UAAP The naturalization bid of Angelo Kouame at the House of Representatives took a big stride after House Bill No. 8632 was approved on the third and last reading Tuesday. Kouame, a native of Ivory Coast, is part of the Gilas Pilipinas training for various international tournaments,...

Photo from PFL The House of Representatives approved on the third and final reading a bill seeking the naturalization of Philippines Football League star Bienvenido Marañon. Members of the lower chamber gave the nod on the motion with a 206-0 voting during Tuesday’s plenary session, thus paving...

Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Filipino martial arts officials have recently stood united to fight against the proposed bill in Congress seeking to ban combat sports for minors. The group was composed of 13 national sports associations that included Senator Migs Zubiri of...