Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:39:29 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte will let Congressmen freely choose their Speaker on Monday, the opening of the 18th Congress.
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 21:11:43 +0000
The three top candidates for the House leadership finally met face-to-face on Thursday night with presumptive Speaker and Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:34:34 +0000
Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano may have the President’s backing in the race for Speaker, but he still has a lot of work to do.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:40:13 +0000
Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday night denied that some Cabinet members were “dictating” the House on its leadership issue.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 12:30:48 +0000
President Duterte’s endorsement of candidates for House Speaker was intended to save his weakening grip on the legislative, said Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:31:45 +0000
Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano has urged his fellow lawmakers to join the “die-hard Duterte supermajority” in the House of Representatives.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 08:31:19 +0000
House Majority Leader Rep. Fredenil Castro said that he is not interested in joining the race for House Speakership in the 18th Congress.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:14:04 +0000
President Duterte will have the last say on who will be the nominee of the ruling party, Senator Manny Pacquiao revealed Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 04:17:59 +0000
TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Samar’s newly elected congresswoman Maria Fe Abunda has yet to decide who to choose as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 06:09:31 +0000
Albay 1st Dist. Rep. Edcel Lagman has called on all administration-allied political parties in the House of Representatives to field just one candidate for the speakership who must go head-to-head with a contender from the “genuine” opposition.
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