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(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 4673 that sought to postpone the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to December next year. “When signed into law, the elections would be rescheduled to the first Monday of December 2023,” a statement from the Philippine Lower House said. “For this matter, all incumbent officials would remain in office until their successors are elected, unless sooner removed […]
(Eagle News) – ABS CBN Corporation and TV5 Network Inc., said that they have “mutually agreed to terminate” the investment agreement dated August 10, 2022 that covered the proposed acquisition by ABS- CBN of 34.99 percent equity interest in TV5. In a statement, both media companies also announced the termination of the “Convertible Note Agreement” dated August 10, 2022 that covered the “proposed subscription by ABS-CBN to a Convertible Note to be issued by […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives has suspended its plenary sessions for the rest of the week. In a statement, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said the decision to suspend was arrived at due to the continuing increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. “Since the start of the year, more than 70 House members and employees have contracted the virus and many others are undergoing quarantine or self-isolation after exhibiting symptoms […]
(Eagle News) — House Deputy Speaker and Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante has tested positive for COVID-19. According to the lawmaker, this was according to test results he took “as part of regular precautions” they have undertaken in their house “to protect ourselves, our family, and our loved ones from COVID-19.” He said he received the test results on Wednesday morning. According to Abante, he is so far experiencing body pains and is being monitored by […]
(Eagle News) — Immigration chief Jaime Morente thanked the House of Representatives for including the proposed Bureau of Immigration Modernization Act as one of the top priorities for its third and final regular session. Morente, in particular, thanked Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, who pushed for its inclusion. Apart from the bureau’s proposed law, among those reportedly named as one of the five important measures identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council are Creating the Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — The Lower House has approved on final reading the economic charter amendments that would allow more foreign investments in the country. The Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 2 was passed on Tuesday with 251 affirmative votes, 21 negative votes and two abstentions. Because of this, the needed ¾ vote of the entire House of Representatives has been achieved. “The proposed amendment to sections of Article XII (National Patrimony and Economy), Article […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to serve as US Speaker of the House, was narrowly re-elected to the position Sunday in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Pelosi, 80, faced a scare when five fellow Democrats defected and voted “present” or for someone else during the floor vote. But the woman who is third in line to the presidency secured […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives under Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco now holds the distinction as having the most number of deputy speakers in history at 28, with the recent oath taking of nine new deputy speakers. The nine new Deputy Speakers designated by Speaker Velasco and who took their oath on Dec. 7 were the following: 1. Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. 2. Pampanga 4th District Rep. […]
(Eagle News) – The House of Representatives will open the special session called by President Rodrigo Duterte for the passage of the all-important proposed 2021 national budget on Tuesday, Oct. 13, with two lawmakers claiming to be the House Speaker. Both Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his rival Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco who took his oath as Speaker after a House session staged by his allies at the Celebrity Sports Plaza, claimed to […]
(Eagle News) — “A master stroke.” This was how Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III called the move by President Rodrigo Duterte to call for a special session in Congress on Oct. 13 to 16 to prevent any delays in the passage of the very important 2021 proposed national budget amounting to P4.506 trillion. The President issued Proclamation No. 1027 on Friday, Oct. 9, calling Congress to a special session to prevent any delays […]
But says Senate can start tackling budget bill without final passage in House https://youtu.be/f3h0vM_EYks (Eagle News) – Malacanang is ready to call for a special session after December 14 if needed to prevent delays in the passage of the proposed PhP4.506 trillion national budget amid the squabble on the House leadership. Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said that Malacanang believes there is still enough time to finish deliberations on the budget bill, or House Bill 7727 […]
Senate adopts House provision for P10,000 special risk allowance for private health workers (Eagle News)–The bicameral panel seeking to reconcile differences in the Senate and House of Representatives versions of the proposed Bayanihan Law 2 has adopted a provision that would provide a P10,000 COVID-19 special risk allowance also to private health workers. But the panel has so far not come up yet with a reconciled version of the proposed law, which aims to provide […]
