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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The House of Representatives bid farewell to well-loved and highly respected Cebu City North District Representative Raul del Mar through a necrological service at the plenary hall inside the Batasang Pambansa Complex in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consumer groups in Cebu have opened an online signature campaign for the public to participate in to urge the Congress and the Senate to probe the alleged overcharging of electricity bills by Visayan…
MANILA, Philippines — Outgoing House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano announced Tuesday, October 13, 2020, his resignation from his post, ironically while Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco’s speakership election was being ratified in the plenary. In a Facebook…
MANILA, Philippines —It’s official: Alan Peter Cayetano out, Lord Allan Velasco in. This came after the House ratified Velasco’s speakership election during Tuesday’s (October 13, 2020) session held earlier than the 3 p.m. schedule. With Deputy Speaker…
So much media attention has been given to the Cayetano-Velasco speakership controversy. And rightly so. In a nutshell, Alan Peter Cayetano reneged on his “gentlemen’s agreement” with Lord Allan Velasco on the speakership-sharing agreement. I did not…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Fifth District Representative Duke Frasco is seeking to lower the cost of burials in the country by making caskets or coffins affordable to the public. According to a press release sent to…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu third district Representative and Deputy Speaker Pablo John Garcia has filed a bill in Congress seeking to establish a centralized system for the monitoring of inmates nationwide in aid of decongesting penitentiaries…
MANILA, Philippines — Human rights groups and opposition lawmakers on Tuesday made a desperate call to Congress not to approve the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, warning that the measure aimed at crushing terrorism could easily be…
MANILA, Philippines — The special House panel on coronavirus is poised to approve on Tuesday three new bills responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the proposed P548-billion Philippine Economic Stimulus Act (Pesa) and the Financial Institutions Strategic…
MANILA, Philippines — Officials of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Thursday admitted they should have alerted Congress of their “inability based on legal grounds” to issue a provisional authority (PA) to ABS-CBN Corp. In a letter…
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang said Friday that President Rodrigo Duterte may ask Congress to grant him additional budget in light of the continuing response of the government against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to Duterte’s economic team, the government…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Congress should amend the law first on the opening of classes before implementing President Rodrigo Duterte’s recommendation to move the opening of classes to September in areas placed under general community quarantine (GCQ).…
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