House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) Last Tuesday, Nov. 7, Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Davao City 3rd district Rep. Isidro Ungab were stripped of their title as deputy speakers in the House of Representatives. Taking their place were...
Davao City 3rd district Rep. Isidro Ungab (PPAB) Davao City 3rd district Rep. Isidro Ungab says he accepts his removal as House deputy speaker without any bitterness. "I accept the decision of the House Leadership to remove me from my position as Deputy...
Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PPAB Pampanga 2nd district congresswoman and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo' has been removed as deputy speaker in the House of Representatives. Replacing Arroyo was Isabela 1st district Rep....
PEACE-MAKER As of this writing, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was scheduled to speak at the joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate at the Batasan Pambansa. This paper’s editorial yesterday, Nov. 4, pointed out that the Japanese Premier’s address is...
PEACE-MAKER (In our column last Sunday, we spoke of the need to create more avenues for dialogue, cooperation, and solidarity amid the protracted wars, lingering tensions, as well as the issues and challenges besetting the international community. One such avenue is through political parties. We...
Department of Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco received the SKAL Tourism Award for Good Tourism Governance at the 31st SKAL International Tourism Awards, coinciding with the 42nd founding anniversary of the SKAL International-Makati Chapter. The event took place at the SMX Aura Convention...
PEACE-MAKER We sadly note the ongoing bloodshed in Israel and Palestine; long-drawn-out war in Ukraine; lingering tensions in the Korean Peninsula, West Philippine Sea, East China Sea, and Taiwan Straits; periodic killings in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan, among many other bloody hostilities...
PEACE-MAKER We are saddened by the killing of our kabalayen, Marjorette Garcia of San Jacinto, Pangasinan, who was an overseas Filipino worker in Saudi Arabia. It was a sad day not only for her loved ones but for the country. For Marjorette’s death is not just a personal tragedy, but a...
PEACE-MAKER We in the 350-member ICAPP, the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, take pride in the recent achievements of our women colleagues – Khuon Sudary of Cambodia and Nalinee Taveesin of Thailand. Khuon Sudary, vice chairperson of our standing committee, ICAPP’s governing...
Sen. Grace Poe said she believes that the next person to lead the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) should have an immense political will to overhaul the agency. She issued the statement on Wednesday, Sept. 27 after the courtesy resignation of OTS Administrator Undersecretary Ma. O Aplasca...
President Marcos on Wednesday, Sept. 20, certified the “necessity of the immediate enactment” of House Bill (HB) No. 8980, which is the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the P5.768-trillion proposed national budget for 2024. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from the Presidential...
PEACE-MAKER After many years in Philippine politics and in political party and parliamentary diplomacy in the international community, we have spent the last three years just observing political events and developments. We are heartened that our son, Congressman Christopher, has continued our and...
