The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability (PPAB) Four officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) were cited for contempt by a House of Representatives panel after they continued to snub the ongoing probe into the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House of Representatives members are urging senators to take a close look at the merits of the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and...
PEACE-MAKER It was in the beautiful city of Sankt Augustin, Germany in 1998 when we addressed a forum organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Foundation), which is affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), where we first espoused the idea of an “Asian Dialogue” and which would...
Meralco The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved on third and final reading the bill seeking a new 25-year franchise for the Manila Electric Co.(Meralco), the country's biggest power distributor. The propsosed franchise...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A vindication. That's how ranking congressmen described the Senate's decision to adopt the House of Representatives' move of slashing the Office of the Vice President (OVP)...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) against seven officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) who were ordered to appear during the investigation of the House of Representatives. “The secretary (Justice Secretary...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, confirmed the travel of chief of staff Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez to the United States but clarified that it was a “personal” trip. Vice President Sara Duterte (OVP/Facebook) In a statement, the OVP said that Lopez...
Officials from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) once more declined to appear before the House good government committee on Tuesday, Nov. 5, citing as reason the delayed transmission of a subpoena and questions on the panel’s jurisdiction and legislative agenda, among others. In a...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives will prioritize the ratification of the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget for the rest of the year, although its various oversight hearings...
PEACE-MAKER In an age marked by unprecedented technological advancement and interconnectivity, it is disheartening to see that our world is still plagued by violence, conflicts, and the ravages of war. In various corners of the globe, from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, from Asia to Africa,...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez expressed their elation over the high trust and performance ratings they received following the release of the latest OCTA Research survey. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senate President Francis...
PEACE-MAKER In our much earlier column, we said that perhaps the confluence of time, circumstance, and geography brought this columnist into close contact with three of the most devastating wars in the world. The first was the Pacific War (1941 to 1945) and the subsequent invasion of Manila by...
