Fariñas: Minority leader is also majority leader
Is Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez now the majority leader of the House of Representatives?
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Suarez: I’m minority leader; Fariñas plans SC challenge
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 moreFariñas: De Vera should be acting minority leader
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 moreSorry, Hugpong ng Pagbabago not yet for nat’l politicians – Sara
Amid reports that a number of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) members have been jumping on to her political party, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said Hugpong ng Pagbabago had been conceived as a regional political party and she is not yet ready to decide about going on to the national level.
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Read more‘Genuine’ PDP-Laban replaces Pimentel, Alvarez as party leaders; Bong Go named auditor
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s political party elected new leaders, replacing Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel 3rd as chairman and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez as secretary general. Rogelio “Bic Bic” Garcia of Region 12 and Willy Talag of Metro Manila replaced Pimentel and Alvarez respectively in elections participated in by 3,000 of its members during a […]
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Read moreKoko Pimentel dismisses PDP chapter assembly
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) president, has shrugged off the ongoing assembly of some members supposedly to elect new leaders of the party.
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Read morePalace ‘eager and ready to work’ with Arroyo
MALACANANG 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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Read moreSolons say Sara Duterte played key role in Alvarez ouster
Call her the kingmaker — or queenmaker — of the House of Representatives.
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Read moreSenators nix ‘no-el’ as step to charter change
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 moreArroyo meets Alvarez after House ‘coup’
NEWLY-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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