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House suspends Teves for 60 days for 'disorderly behavior'

MANILA, March 22 -- The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to suspend Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. for 60 days over his continued absence despite an e... Read More


CSC hails country's 'heroic' nutrition workers

MANILA, March 22 -- Civil Service Commission chairperson Karlo Nograles thanked the country's nutrition workers and urged them to continue their noble tasks of providing nutrition services to the Fili... Read More


House goes into Lenten break; 23 of 31 PBBM priority bills OK'd

MANILA, March 22 -- The House of Representatives has already approved on the third and final reading 23 of 31 bills listed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) as priority... Read More


House pushes for specialty centers in hospitals in every region

MANILA, March 22 -- The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on second reading a bill that seeks to provide specialized health services to the general public by establishing specialty care c... Read More


House grants President power to suspend PhilHealth premium hike

MANILA, March 21 -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a bill giving the President the power to suspend the scheduled increase of premium payments of "direct c... Read More


Bill expanding services of PCIC hurdles House

MANILA, March 21 -- Voting 268-0 with no abstentions, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on the third and final reading a measure that seeks to expand the services of the Philippine Crop... Read More


Solon to colleagues: End 'embarrassing word war' on Cha-cha

MANILA, March 18 -- Congressional leaders must sit down and privately settle their feud over the House of Representatives' push for constitutional amendments, instead of quarreling in public. Cavite ... Read More


Con-con measures 'deliberated extensively' - Romualdez

MANILA, March 15 -- Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday said all legislative measures, including the two on the proposed constitutional convention (con-con), have been "deliberated extensi... Read More


Use 'fraction' of oil taxes for Mindoro oil spill cleanup - Recto

MANILA, March 15 -- The government can use "a fraction" of the taxes it collects annually from crude oil and petroleum products to finance the clean-up of the Mindoro oil spill and indemnify impacted ... Read More


House passes gov't rightsizing bill

MANILA, March 14 -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on the third and final reading a priority bill seeking to implement a rightsizing program in the national government to improve the... Read More