Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Facebook) Wednesday, Aug. 16 was the last time in the 19th Congress that Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. can call himself a congressman. The House of Representatives voted 265-0-3...
(Unsplash) House Speaker Martin Romualdez will use the ongoing hearings of the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024 as a vehicle to solve a very serious problem of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA). Romualdez, the leader of...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations will start scrutinizing the budgets of the individual agencies this week as the hearings on the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) for 2024 goes into high...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) A commuter safety and protection advocate failed to hide his frustrations during a recent House Committee on Transportation hearing when he practically described as “useless” the Motorcycle Taxi-Technical Working Group...
(Bloomberg) A measure outlawing bulk foreign currency smuggling for any person found concealing through fraud, willful misdeclaration, or other means the amount exceeding $10,000 when arriving or leaving any point of entry in the Philippines has moved past the...
(MANILA BULLETIN) With a vote of 206-0-0 (yes-no-abstain), the House of Representatives unanimously approved on third and final reading Wednesday night, Aug. 9 a bill that seeks to strengthen the government’s national health program for senior citizens. House Bill (HB)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) The House Committee on Appropriations will formally begin to tackle the P5.768-trillion National Expenditure Program (NEP) on Thursday, Aug. 10 when it hosts the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) for a briefing on the 2024 spending...
From left to right: Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, Cagayan Vice Governor Melvin "Boy" Vargas Jr., SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (PPAB) The provincial government of Cagayan could face serious violations in connection with its...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that would provide financial assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and adopt a human rights-based...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Carlos Soretta as the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said. Permanent Representative of the...
A United States trade official will be visiting Manila next week for a series of meetings with government officials and business leaders to discuss the ongoing Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations. United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will touch down Manila on April 17 for...
Several business groups on Friday, January 27 have urged the Senate and the House of Representatives to look into the alleged anomalous issuance of an administrative order released by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) which they believe “will worsen the inflation in the country.” Speaking in...
