Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:19:58 +0000
Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez has “more than absolute majority” for the Speakership race, a ranking lawmaker from the House of Representatives
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 08:05:28 +0000
Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda has expressed desire to chair the House committee on appropriations in the coming 18th Congress.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:32:34 +0000
The House of Representatives has already committed to adopt the Senate version of a measure that seeks to raise the excise tax on tobacco products, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 10:18:53 +0000
The House committee on Metro Manila development has proposed to postpone the point-to-point scheme implemented for UV Express transport services, to allow operators to inform drivers about the changes.
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 08:44:30 +0000
The next Speaker of the House of Representatives should maintain the independence of the legislative body, instead of simply adhering to the agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, according to a veteran lawmaker.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 08:21:39 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Asked what she will miss the most once she leaves the Senate, outgoing Senator Loren Legarda had only one thing to say.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 21:30:54 +0000
Less than half of the voters took part in the party list election on May 13, a low participation rate that the House of Representatives
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Read moreCredit to Author: GLEE JALEA| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 05:49:44 +0000
DAYS after Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez disclosed an ongoing money race between two other aspirants for the speakership, incumbent officials of the House of Representatives were quick to refute the…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 10:55:22 +0000
THE ban against contractualization will soon become law once President Rodrigo Duterte affixes his signature to the Senate bill, which the House of Representatives formally adopted on Tuesday. The House…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: GLEE JALEA| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 08:00:35 +0000
DAVAO del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez disclosed on Tuesday that two aspirants for the speakership have been buying the vote of each congressman at the House of Representatives at a…READ
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