Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:51:21 +0000
Lobbyists for fossil fuel companies are already plotting how to short circuit climate action in The House.
Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:30:58 +0000
DESPITE a denial from Marinduque Rep. Lord Alan Velasco, Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano claimed he has verified information on a move to oust him from his post. “Up to this day, I continue to honor the term-sharing agreement brokered by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte when the 18th Congress convened in July 2019. From the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:30:58 +0000
DIVORCE in the Philippines will not be a “quickie” process to dismantle marriages, the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Technical Working Group (TWG) said on Wednesday. “This is not a quick process because there is a judicial proceeding wherein the judge will be the one to grant or deny a petition for approved divorce,” […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:00:33 +0000
THE House of Representatives opened and closed the plenary session in less than 5 minutes on Tuesday due to a lack of quorum. Right after the invocation, Deputy Majority Leader and Zamboanga Sibugay 1st District Rep. Wilter Palma moved to adjourn the session, as lady legislators were on an official travel and event outside the House […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:04:25 +0000
THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill defining electronic violence against women and their children and prescribing corresponding penalties. Voting 227-0-0 on Tuesday, lawmakers passed House Bill 5869 or the proposed Expanded Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act. The bill seeks to amend Section 3, paragraph (a) of […]
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Credit to Author: Cameron Joseph| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 03:07:21 +0000
She won’t send the articles of impeachment to the Senate until she feels they’ll get a fair hearing.
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Credit to Author: Greg Walters| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 13:47:26 +0000
He’s about to outdo Nixon.
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:30:39 +0000
SOUTHERN Leyte Rep. Roger Mercado took his oath on Tuesday as member of the House of Representatives. Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano administered the oath, a day after the House received certification from the special provincial board of canvassers for Southern Leyte, which proclaimed Mercado as the winning candidate for the lone district of Southern Leyte. REINA C. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 04:00:34 +0000
THE Bicameral Conference Committee (bicam) report on the proposed P4.1 national budget for 2020 has been adopted by both panels of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both panels met early morning on Wednesday at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City and finally inked the bicam report. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, chairman […]
Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 09:49:48 +0000
SPEAKER Alan Peter Cayetano said on Thursday that there was no need for members of the House of Representatives to mount a coup d’etat to wrest the leadership from him. In an ambush interview at the Club Filipino in San Juan City, Cayetano said he did not want to speculate about moves to replace him […]
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