For Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, paid signatures for the People's Initiative (PI) calling for an amendment to the 1987 Constitution are not valid. "Kung ang mga pirma ay binayaran, or mayroong compensation o may kapalit na mahalagang materyal or pwedeng pangako, para sa...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said on Wednesday, Jan. 3 that he is targeting to file his petition before the Supreme Court (SC) on the unconstitutionality of the additional P450-billion unprogrammed funds in the 2024 national budget this week."The target is this week but...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (left), and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman (Facebook, PPAB)
Administration critic, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said Friday, Aug. 4 that the huge confidential and intelligence funds in the 2024 National...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook, Screenshot from Zoom)
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda took a dig at his province-mate, 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman, over the latter's apparent dismissal of his comments on the Department of...
Albay First District Representative Edcel C. Lagman on Wednesday, June 28 welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision declaring unconstitutional Republic Act No. 11935, which again postponed the barangay and SK elections...
Mayon Volcano
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has done his part to prepare his constituents for a possible eruption of Mayon Volcano.
In a statement sent to House of Representatives reporters Friday afternoon, June 9, Rep. Lagman said he has linked up with top local officials as well as...
Former senators Juan Ponce Enrile (left) and Leila de Lima (Facebook)
If former senator Juan Ponce Enrile was able to get bail in the past, then why not former senator Leila de Lima?
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman left this question in the minds of Filipinos Thursday, June 8 as he...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom)
Independent minority congressman and Liberal Party (LP) President Edcel Lagman says the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill is constitutionally sound, but that still doesn't make it a good idea.
Lagman, Albay's 1st district...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook)
The stripping of Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of her senior deputy speaker position and the subsequent resignation of Vice President Sara Duterte from the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) will shake up the Marcos...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said that the local business groups' opposition to the ongoing Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts "echoed the position" of the House members who thumbed down the measure's passage in plenary.
"The opposition of six big business groups led by the Makati Business...
Las Vegas style "quickee" or "speedy drive-thru divorces" will not be allowed in the proposed Absolute Divorce Act that was approved by the House Committee Population and Family Relations on Tuesday, March 21.
This was bared by Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman, chairman of the technical working...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has vowed to transmit to the Senate the proposed P5.024-trillion General Appropriations Act on October 27 to ensure the timely enactment of the measure.
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco3
This after a five man committee in the Lower House consolidated the proposed amendments...
