ILOILO CITY – Former Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel has called out Iloilo City Councilor Rex Sarabia for claiming to be a human rights lawyer while dismissing the violent dispersal of bolanteros (ambulant and informal market) vendors trying to sell outside a privately redeveloped public...
Oral health is something that should neither be ignored nor neglected by Filipinos. This was the gist of House Bill (HB) No. 4691, or the proposed "Oral Healthcare Act” that was filed by Leyte-based congressmen led by Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez in the current 20th Congress. “Hindi...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon gave lawyer Paolo Panelo a reality check after the latter described witness Ramil Madriaga as the supposed “weakest link” in the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. According to Ridon, it simply wasn 't Panelo 's place to...
Will longtime Duterte family critic, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV give any input to the ongoing impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte? That remains to be seen, according tp House Committee on Justice member, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon. Ridon, during a...
Lawyer-legislator Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon argued on Saturday, April 11 that the claims of anti-impeachment petitions filed before the Supreme Court (SC) by both the legal team and the supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte simply do not hold water. Ridon, a member of the House...
The supporters as well as the legal team of Vice President Sara Duterte are just "wasting paper" at this point. House Committee on Justice member, Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon gave this retort on Friday night, April 10 on the fresh petition filed before the Supreme Court (SC) to halt the...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Dadah Ismula hailed actress Xyriel Manabat on Friday, April 10, for her courage in standing up to a Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) driver who made a "bastos" or lewd comment about her. "Ang karanasan ni Xyriel ay posibleng nangyayari din sa marami pang mga...
Has ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio found proof of systematic overcharging by local oil companies? In a statement Thursday, April 9, Tinio, a House deputy minority leader flagged what he called the “asymmetric pricing” and profiteering in oil market; which he deduced from his study...
Murang Kuryente Party-list Rep. Arthur Yap has suggested what he described as a "more intelligent" use of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) amid the economic hardships that the country is going through due to the fuel price crisis. Yap made this pitch during the first marathon hearing of the...
The Senior Citizens Party-list has partnered with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for the Legal Assistance Program for Senior Citizens. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed by Senior Citizens Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes and IBP National President Allan Panalong. National...
An official who can 't follow the Constitution has no right to vie for the highest position in government. Thus, said House Deputy Minority Leader Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña on Wednesday, April 8, in reference to presidential aspirant Vice President Sara Duterte, who was the...
A clear attempt to mislead the Supreme Court (SC) and the Filipino people. That 's how Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon described the latest attempt from the camp of Vice President Sara Duterte to stop the House of Representatives ' impeachment proceedings against the latter. Ridon,...
