House of Representatives Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez led Lower House lawmakers in expressing gratitude to the United States for the 75 years of diplomatic and bilateral relations on Wednesday, October 13. House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin G....
Notwithstanding a sure win in her new congressional bid, former President and Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will still expect strong support from her Lakas-Christian Muslim Democracts (Lakas-CMD) colleagues. 12E005F6-D2F7-42C5-B176-4A8FAB52B428 Arroyo, one of the founders of the political party,...
The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading the bill proposing to compel the Commission on Elections to extend for one month the registration of voters originally scheduled to end on Thursday, Sept. 30. House of Representatives plenary With all 193 congressmen present at the...
Political party Lakas-CMD will field businesswoman Katrina Gloria Ponce Enrile, daughter of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, as its official congressional bet in the first district of Cagayan. Lakas-CMD President Ferdinand Martin Romualdez The young Enrile will attempt to regain political...
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...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to recall his previous decision for the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States won the support of two officials of the majority bloc in the House of Representatives. VFA exercise But not Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep....
A day after resuming regular session, the House of Representatives honored the late President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III with an early suspension of session on Tuesday, July 27. President Benigno Aquino III in memoriam Congressmen stood for the singing of the national anthem and prayers before...
The leadership of the House of Representatives intends to approve the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 when political season starts to heat up which will be at the last day of the filing of the certificates of candidacies (COCs) in October, 2021....
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, July 7 said that the new coalition of key political parties in the country has started to take shape “sooner than expected”. Mayor Sara Duterte Romualdez, president of Lakas-CMD, said the coalition is ready to push...
As grief enveloped the nation over the death of 50 soldiers during a C-130 crash in Sulu, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco vowed to strongly push for an upgrade and modernization of the country’s air assets, saying that what happened on Sunday, July 4 must not occur again in the future. Velasco led...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, June 29, declared it is “not a good decision” to seek the vice presidency if it would mean running against President Rodrigo Duterte, who appeared to have a change of heart about sliding one rung below in 2022....
The counsel of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the family of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos will be sought by House Majority Leader and Lakas-CMD president Martin Romualdez in helping him reach a decision on whether or not to gun for the vice presidency next year. Romualdez...
