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(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) — Former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said it was already time to “get back to work and move on” two days after he was unceremoniously ousted from his post and replaced by Pampanga Rep. and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. In a statement issued on Wednesday, July 25, the Davao del Norte lawmaker said, “We cannot undo the past, but we can certainly shape our future.” “The House of Representatives has chosen a […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang is “ready to work” with the new House of Representative leadership, confident that House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will also support the legislative agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte. In a news conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque described Arroyo as a “staunch ally” of the President even as he refused to comment on whether what happened on Monday afternoon at the House of Representatives — just before 4 p.m., the supposed […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte arrived at the Batasang Pambansa for his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) a few minutes before his speech scheduled at 4 p.m., on Monday, July 23, 2018. He arrived via helicopter, and was welcomed by Pantaleon Alvarez, who was on the same day replaced by Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Pampanga Rep. Arroyo was seen taking her oath as leader of the House of Representatives at the […]
(Eagle News) — Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. She was seen taking her oath, replacing Pantaleon Alvarez, minutes before President Rodrigo Duterte arrived at the Batasang Pambansa on Monday, July 23. The microphone at the podium, where she took her oath before a lawmaker, had been notably turned off. A PTV video showed, however, that it was Alvarez who greeted the President upon his arrival at […]
(Eagle News) — A manifesto is being circulated in the House of Representatives to oust Pantaleon Alvarez as speaker. A supposed coalition of congressmen who signed the manifesto said Alvarez’s replacement by Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was “in the interest of providing a more dynamic legislature attuned with the times and the needs of the people.” The group said a “credible and competent House leadership will be needed to guide and steer the national debate […]
(Eagle News) — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez opened the House of Representatives Third Regular Session on Monday, July 23, amid moves by some lawmakers to have him replaced by Pampanga Rep. and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Alvarez opened the House session detailing the victories and achievements under his leadership of the House wherein they have passed significant bills including the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which is expected to be signed into law today, during […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US House Speaker Paul Ryan’s shock retirement announcement marks the latest victory in a populist, anti-establishment revolution that brought its champion Donald Trump to power and is remaking the Republican Party. Whether that spells longterm GOP success in policymaking, diplomacy and at the ballot box remains unclear. Trumpism is ascendant in Washington but is a permanent Republican shift away from conservative orthodoxy and the […]
(Eagle News) — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez called on the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald dela Rosa to resign after he himself expressed deep shame and regret that a Korean businessman was killed inside the national police headquarters in Camp Crame in Quezon City. In a statement, Alvarez called on Rosa to “immediately resign as chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to save President Rodrigo Duterte from further […]
by Ivan Couronne with Michael Mathes in Washington DETRIOT, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s presidential aspirations took more tough hits Monday as the nation’s top elected Republican all but conceded the race to Hillary Clinton, who returned to the campaign trail invigorated by polls showing her lead expanding. With Trump’s campaign already teetering on the precipice after revelations of his lewd comments about women, House Speaker Paul Ryan told fellow Republican lawmakers that he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Naihalal bilang house speaker ng 17th congress si Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez na ka-partido ni Pangulong Duterte sa ilalim ng partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban ng bayan o PDP-laban. Nakalaban ni Alvarez sa House Speakership sina Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat at Quezon Third District Rep. Danilo Suarez. Si Bagulait na piniling hindi lumahok sa Supermajority Coalition ay nakakuha ng walong boto. Habang pitong mambabatas naman ang bumoto kay Suarez.
