The House of Representatives has balked at plans to tap the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Social Security System (SSS) as contributors to the supposed P275-billion Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF). Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Answering the call of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to rightsize the national government, a House panel on Monday, Nov. 28, approved the substitute bill for all 15 proposals that aim to improve public service delivery. (House of Representatives/MANILA BULLETIN) During its regular...
House leaders have guaranteed the enactment of the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 before the end of the current year, possibly even before Christmas. The House contingent to the budget bicam meeting on Nov. 25, 2022 (Speaker's office) “We have sufficient time, we will finally...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo is prodding the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) to keep a close eye on Grab Philippines' involvement in the motorcycle (MC) taxi sector, saying it could potentially lead to a surge in fare. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson...
Marikina City 2nd district congresswoman and appropriations panel senior vice chairperson Stella Quimbo doesn't sound worried at all about the country's debt servicing chores. Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, even as the Philippines has...
House leaders believe that a simple dose of transparency will go a long way in solving the issues hounding the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (left) and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson...
House Committee on Appropriations senior vice chairperson and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo has given reporters an idea of what went down during the lawmakers' first Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC)- Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting last week. Marikina...
House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe guaranteed on Tuesday, Aug. 16 the timely passage of the proposed 2023 national budget despite having just roughly one month to tackle it. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Dalipe made this assurance less...
Marikina City District 2 Congresswoman Stella Quimbo led the blessing and groundbreaking ceremony for Nangka High School's new five-storey school building on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Photo courtesy of Barangay Nangka FB Page Quimbo was joined by Randy G. Leal, barangay captain of Nangka, other members of...
The House Fuel Crisis Ad Hoc committee on Monday, March 7, voiced its frustrations over the National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) apparent lack of an official stance in response to the fuel price surge. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The panel discussed during its five-hour meeting...