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(Eagle News)—Work at the House of Representatives was suspended on Monday, Aug. 13, due to bad weather. Scheduled committee hearings, however, will push through. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Monday “Yagi” and “Leepi” will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, bringing rains in several parts of the country.
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives’ budget briefings have been suspended “until further notice.” House committee on appropriations chairman Karlo Nograles made the announcement in a Viber group with reporters. Asked about the reason behind the suspension, Nograles said “It’s the decision of the House.” Pressed if the move was because of issues surrounding the cash-based budget system, he said it was “to be consistent with the position of the House to oppose cash-based budgeting.” “And […]
(Eagle News) — Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez is still the House minority leader. This was after a majority of the members of the House of Representatives approved the motion of Majority Leader Rolando Andaya declaring the Quezon representative as such. Northern Samar 1st District Representative Raul Daza tried to object, but to no avail. Apart from Andaya, Rep. Miro Quimbo and ABS Rep. Eugene de Vera were vying for the post. Their supporters argued Suarez […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday, Aug. 7, filed a resolution “expressing the position” of the House of Representatives that it and the Senate will vote separately once they convene into a Constituent Assembly to propose changes in the Constitution. “Whereas, the House of Representatives is taking the same position of the Senate thereon,” House Resolution 2056 said. The move essentially breaks the deadlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives then-headed […]
(Eagle News) — For ABS Rep. Eugene de Vera, he is the new leader of the minority bloc of the House of Representatives. In a television interview on Friday, Aug. 3, De Vera said this was after he was elected to the post by 13 congressmen, including former majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas and former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday night. De Vera said Rep. Danilo Suarez, who has also laid claim on the post, could […]
(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference panel has reconciled the disagreeing provisions of the Senate’s and the House of Representatives’ versions of a bill creating the P100-billion coconut levy trust fund. In a statement, Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and head of the Senate panel, said the final reconciled version of Senate Bill 1233 and House Bill 5745 will now be submitted for ratification by both houses of Congress. The […]
(Eagle News) — Former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene in the feud on who should comprise and lead the minority bloc in the Lower Chamber. In a television interview, Fariñas noted that under House rules, those who voted for Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Speaker could no longer vie for a minority bloc post. Rep. Danilo Suarez, who voted and for and campaigned for Arroyo to be […]
(Eagle News) — Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya is the new majority leader of the House of Representatives. The announcement was made during the plenary session on Monday, July 30. Andaya replaces Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Farinas. Also named as acting house secretary general was Dante Roberto Maling and retired general Romeo Prestoza as sergeant at arms. Andaya served as the budget secretary of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was only recently elected the new Speaker. […]
(Eagle News)—-The Senate was the only government institution that had a “good” net satisfaction rating in a survey done by the Social Weather Stations in June. According to the SWS, the +41 rating it received translates to 57 percent of people satisfied with its performance and to 17 percent dissatisfied with it. Although still a “good,” the SWS said this was the “lowest” mark the Senate received since the +41 it received in April 2016. The […]
(Eagle News)–Deputy Speaker Rolando Andaya Jr. on Sunday, July 29, said the majority will distance itself from the ongoing disagreements on who should lead the minority bloc in the House of Representatives under Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term as Speaker. According to Andaya, if there was anything they would decide on, “siguro ‘yung guidelines lang kung paano ang pagpili nila.” He said they would, however, leave it to the parties involved to decide who will […]
(Eagle News) – Former House majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday questioned House Resolution 2025 which contained the June 23 proceedings that installed Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new House Speaker. The Ilocos Norte first district representative noted that he was still the chair of the House Committee on Rules as of the last session day, and that based on House procedures this resolution should have first passed his committee. Fariñas said that […]
(Eagle News) — Newly-installed Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said she intends to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law on Tuesday, July 24. Speaking to reporters at the Batasang Pambansa a day after she was installed as Speaker, Arroyo said the ratification of the BOL, which was delayed over the events in the House of Representatives that led to the ouster of Pantaleon Alvarez, “must” push through as part of her “primary specific objective to carry out the […]
