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(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Oct. 13, ratified the election of Rep. Lord Velasco as Speaker, as Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano announced he stepped down from the post. With a vote of 186, or more than the majority required, lawmakers officially installed the Marinduque representative as the new Speaker at the Batasang Pambansa, hours before the special session of Congress called by President Rodrigo Duterte for the passage of the proposed P4.5-trillion national […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures released by Bong Go on Wednesday night, President Rodrigo Duterte, who is in Japan, is seen with Reps. Lord Allan Velasco and Martin Romualdez, and Congressman-elect Alan Peter Cayetano. The three are vying for the House speakership post. Conspicuously absent was Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, who has been very vocal about his intention to run for the speakership. Alvarez, who was reelected for another term in the May 13 polls, was Speaker […]
