Several lawmakers may be claiming to represent the real minority in the House of Representatives, but the group led by Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez said it was the one playing the role for real.
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Read moreSPEAKER Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo supports separate voting between the Senate and House of Representatives for the approval of a new federal constitution. “There is no timeline but we should move forward from the time when I was President. I ended my presidency with the same stalemate. You [could]remember we have the same stalemate on voting separately […]
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The top three preferred candidates by the Supreme Court to replace former chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno are all appointees of then president, now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to create a new committee in the House of Representatives to tackle disaster preparedness and resiliency in every district in the country.
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As the debates on the minority leader post unfolded at the House of Representatives on Monday, Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas pointed out that ABS Rep. Eugene De Vera should stand as the acting minority leader.
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Read moreSPEAKER Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will have the final say on who will comprise the opposition bloc at the House of Representatives, an opposition member at the House of Representatives said on Sunday but added that his party, nonetheless, has informed the lawmaker of its position under her leadership. “It is going to be the Speaker’s call. […]
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Read moreMALACANANG on Thursday announced that it was “eager and ready to work with the new House leadership” as it formally congratulated Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on her election as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. “We are confident that Speaker Arroyo would put her considerable skills and experience behind [President Rodrigo […]
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Call her the kingmaker — or queenmaker — of the House of Representatives.
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The Senate stands solid against any move to postpone next year’s midterm elections to give way to the amendment of the Constitution for a shift to federalism.
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Read moreNEWLY-installed Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has met with her predecessor, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte, on Wednesday morning based on photos released at the House of Representatives. The meeting happened, two days after Alvarez was ousted from his post on Monday after 184 House members voted for Arroyo to assume the Speakership, catching Alvarez off guard. Aside from […]
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