ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo has explained his status in the House of Representatives. In an interview with House reporters Tuesday night, May 30, Tulfo said that he cannot fully assume the position of congressman until the resolution of...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has filed a bill seeking up to 20 years in jail for military and uniformed personnel (MUPs) who give false testimony during congressional investigations. Padilla filed Senate Bill 2265 in the wake of police officers who were cited in contempt after refusing to tell...
The House leadership has named the chamber's contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee hearing on the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF), or Philippine sovereign wealth fund. The group is composed of Manila 5th district Rep. Irwin Tieng, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Financial...
House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe (left) and ACT-CIS Party-list nominee Erwin Tulfo (Contributed photo) Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary Ewin Tulfo took his oath of office Tuesday night, May 30 as the third nominee of ACT-CIS Party-list. House Majority Leader...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The measure extending the availment period of estate tax amnesty until June 14, 2025 no longer needs to undergo a Bicameral Conference Committee hearing, thereby hastening its potential enactment by Malacañang. This, after the House of...
The Senate started on Tuesday, May 30, committee hearings on a House of Representatives bill seeking to complete 41 local marine hatcheries of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Senator Cynthia A. Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food committee, stressed that the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) More people are expected to physically attend this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA)--the second of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s six-year presidency. This was learned during a meeting in the House of...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The archaic, 111-year-old Warehouse Receipts Law is now one step closer to being updated. This, after the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill (HB) No. 198 or the Revised Warehouse Receipts Law of the...
(Unsplash) In a unanimous vote, the House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the proposed Philippine Maritime Zones Act embodied in House Bill (HB) No.7819. Deputy Speaker and Cebu 5th district Rep. Vincent Franco "Duke" Frasco, who presided over plenary session Monday, May...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Coalitions among political factions are common in the Philippines, and the House of Representatives always has the largest collection of such groups under one roof. The biggest political party in the House right now is the Lakas-Christian...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Speaker’s office, Rep. Arroyo's office) Could this be the bookend of the leadership drama in the House of Representatives? If so, then the speakership of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez appears to be on firm...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading late Monday afternoon, May 29 the proposed Bureau of Immigration (BI) Modernization Act in unanimous fashion. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No.8203, it was also the second of...
