Despite a shocking loss to Cuban Yordenis Ugas, Senator Manny Pacquiao remains the People’s Champ in the hearts of Filipinos, his former colleagues in the House of Representatives said Sunday, August 23. Pacquiao-Ugas Pacquiao’s won the admiration of opposition and administration congressmen...
Regular sessions in the House of Representatives will resume Monday, August 23, the expected date for the submission by the Duterte administration of the proposed 2022 national budget of P5.024 trillion, the highest in the country's history. House of Representatives4 In a memorandum issued by...
A senior House of Representatives officials sees no chance for the divorce bill to win approval in the House of Representatives even if the process of passage is fasttracked by the chamber. Divorce wedding “I don’t think the bill will pass - it is in direct contravension of the 1987...
Deputy Speaker and Buhay Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza on Wednesday, August 18 bewailed the alleged plans in the House of Representatives to railroad the passage of the highly controversial absolute divorce bill following its committee approval on Tuesday. Divorce 2 Atienza aired the accusation as...
The bill legalizing absolute divorce in the country hurdled committee approval on Tuesday, August 17 and is headed for the second time for plenary delbierations in the House of Representatives. Divorce wedding Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, one of the principal authors of the bill, said “no less than...
The leadership of the House of Representatives has asked the Commission on Audit to conduct a briefing on the reported audit deficiencies it discovered in the management by the Department of Health of the P67.32 billion government funds to address the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in the...
Leaders of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 10 assured the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Distinction on boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for their outstanding performances in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that merited them medals. Olympics silver medalist...
The medal haul of Filipino athletes in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics is just the beginning of an era of new sports heroes who will shine and give the Philippines pride and honor in international championships. 41FA4097-B706-4A57-8415-CB55CA7F07D1_4_5005_c Speaker Lord Allan Velasco made this...
Tolkien fans, start the countdown! Just last Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, Amazon Studios finally announced that the multi-million dollar “Lord of the Rings” TV series is set to launch this September 2022. Image courtesy of Amazon Poised to have five seasons, the high-anticipated epic fantasy series...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law the proposal to establish the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute, saying that this is a “major victory for the energy sector.” 41FA4097-B706-4A57-8415-CB55CA7F07D1_4_5005_c Velasco is the main author...
Hold on to your Mithril vests fans of Middle-earth. Amazon has announced that the Lord Of The Rings series is forthcoming. This after Amazon released its first image of the new screen reincarnation of the JRR Tolkien fantasy masterpiece that is set to air exclusively on its Amazon Prime Video...
Instead of proceeding with caution as a result of President Duterte’s unabated tirades against the two water concessionaires of Metro Manila, the House of Representatives sped up the passage of bills extending their 25-year legislative franchises. Water pila Seven congressmen who voted against...
