The House Committee on Ethics and Privileges handling of Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr.'s ethics case will pass the Supreme Court's (SC) scrutiny, if it ever comes to that point. Committee Senior Vice Chairperson and Nueva Ecija 3rd district Rep. Ria Vergara is confident...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez's willingness to discuss other modes of Charter change (Cha-cha) with the Senate should result to a key meeting between the two chambers even during the ongoing legislative recess. “Speaker Martin’s openness to any Senate proposal on how to pursue constitutional...
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...
The senior vice chairperson of the House Committee on Ethics insists that the recommendation to suspend Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. for 60 days wasn't rushed. According to Nueva Ecija 3rd district Rep. Ria Vergara, no less than House Speaker Martin Romualdez himself...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the bill creating the country’s own Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which would institutionalize the government’s response to pandemics and other public health emergencies. In a statement on Thursday, March...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. urged Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves to return to the Philippines, and assured him that he will be given ample security. While Marcos stressed that they did not know of any threat against Teves, he reassured him that full security will be...
The office of Paranaque Representative Edwin Olivarez will conduct free check-up and consultation as a gift to all women in the city as part of the celebration of National Women’s Month. Olivarez said the program, called “Kababaihan: Maganda na, Healthy ba” will be held on March 28...
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...
Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Monday, March 20, urged Philippine embassies in Muslim-majority countries to intercede on behalf of convicted overseas Filipinos, especially those facing the death penalty, this holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the lawmaker likewise called on the National...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 20, approved the unnumbered substitute bill, subject to style and amendments, that would institutionalize the career progression system for public school teachers. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Alliance of Concerned...
A vocal proponent of Charter Change (Cha-cha) in the House of Representatives says that the chamber would "respect" the Senate’s decision in case it would reject the proposal to create a constitutional convention (con-con). In a statement Sunday, March 19, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that there's "high possibility" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his bloody war on drugs. This, after the ICC's...
