Credit 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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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:39:01 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – House Majority Leader and reelected Capiz 2nd District Rep. Fredenil Castro on Tuesday said he is interested in becoming the Speaker of the lower house but is not serious in gaining the fourth-highest post in the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:07:08 +0000
DAVAO del Norte 2nd District Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. said on Monday that he was among those vying for the Speakership, along with former Speaker and Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez….READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:16:55 +0000
THE National Unity Party, the second biggest political party at the House of Representatives, endorsed on Monday former Foreign Affairs secretaryAlan Peter Cayetano as its next Speaker in the 18th Congress. “The NUP…READ
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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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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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Read moreNEWLY installed Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of Pampanga feels “honored” to sit as the top leader of the House of Representatives. The former president issued the statement less than 24 hours after she staged a “coup” of sorts when 184 lawmakers across party-lines wrested the Speakership from Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez. “I am extremely […]
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Read moreFORMER president and Rep. Gloria Arroyo of Pampanga has secured 214 votes, which is enough to replace Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte as the fourth highest-ranking elected official in the country, an insider from the House of Representatives said on Monday. A source, who has been a congressional staff for more than a decade, […]
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