Cayetano assures House he will step down as Speaker when asked

Credit 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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Nuclear Waste Bill Gains Traction in the House

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:44:58 +0000

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A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 and give the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to site, build, and operate one or more interim storage sites that would consolidate spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from decommissioned nuclear reactors has passed out of committee and been reported to the full House […]

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Lawmaker wants House members to undergo random drug tests

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:15:14 +0000

CAVITE 4th District Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. will file a resolution requesting members of the House of Representatives to undergo random drug tests. The lawmaker made the statement during the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs’ organizational meeting. “I would like to inform the body that I would be filing a resolution requesting that all the […]

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House panel OKs Office of the President’s P8.2-B budget in 5 mins

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 05:51:41 +0000

IT took about five minutes for the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations to approve the Office of the President’s P8.2 billion budget for 2020 on Friday. Interpellations were skipped with…READ

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Speaking the truth is not sedition – Belmonte

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:31:19 +0000

Speaking the truth is not sedition – Belmonte

House Deputy Minority Leader and Quezon City 6th District Rep. Kit Belmonte has reminded his colleagues that speaking the truth isn’t tantamount to sedition.

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Parents appeal for passage of medical marijuana bill in 18th Congress

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 07:10:57 +0000

Several parents of patients suffering from different debilitating diseases have appealed for the passage of the medical marijuana bill.

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