Sen. Imee Marcos was quick to reply to Speaker Martin Romualdez call not to be disrespectful, stating that the House leader was the first one to throw a jab against the Senate. "Ceasefire daw wala raw sanang bastusan, eh siya naman ang nagsabi walang paki ang Senado. Siya ang nag-umpisa, nung...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III told members of the House of Representatives (HOR) to urge their colleagues to call for the abandonment of the People's Initiative aimed at amending the Constitution. In a radio interview on Tuesday, January 30, Pimentel appealed to those behind...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) As if to quell senators' mistrust, ranking members of the House of Representatives have given individual assurances that there's no plan to abolish the Senate amid the current push...
House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) For House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe, the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) directive to stop all...
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution expressing its "strong and unqualified support” for President Marcos for his “leadership and sincere commitment to steer the country...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte bared on Sunday, January 28, that most members of the House of Representatives feel intimidated by House Speaker Martin Romualdez. REP. Duterte (Keith Bacongco) In the candlelight prayer rally at San Pedro Square here, Duterte recalled working...
House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the House of Representatives are too busy to attend the Senate's investigation on the signature campaign in connection with the People’s...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia announced on Monday, Jan. 29, that the Commission En Banc has decided unanimously to suspend indefinitely all proceedings concerning the People's Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution. (Photo from the Office of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez and all other lawmakers at the House of Representatives who are bent on pushing amendments to the 1987 Constitution are welcome to attend the Senate’s inquiry into the ongoing People’s Initiative (PI) signature campaign drive. Sen. Imee Marcos,...
The Senate is more inclined to focus on matters that are urgent than to give priority to the ongoing moves to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI). Sen. Grace Poe pointed this out as she renewed her call for the public to shun the ongoing signature campaign on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) While the House of Representatives is committed to prioritizing Philippine-made jeepneys as part of the public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP), House Speaker Martin Romualdez vehemently denied any...
For Senator Sonny Angara, the current push for a People's Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987 Constitution is a "Trojan horse - one with a nice harmless gift wrapper of ostensibly just voting jointly to revise the Constitution". In an Instagram post on Saturday, Jan. 27, Angara said that the Senate...
