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3-day bereavement leave, lusot na sa committee level sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 01:03 AM

Lusot na sa committee level sa Kamara ang panukalang bigyan ng paid leave ang mga empleyado kapag namatayan ng malapit na kapamilya. Read more »

Lawmakers begin debate on proposed 2019 budget

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 11:29 PM

At least two senators plan to realign or remove around P50 billion supposedly inserted in the proposed 2019 budget. Read more »

Pagtalakay ng Kamara sa panukalang 2019 budget, nagsimula na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 09:55 PM

Matapos maantala nang 2 araw, natuloy na ang pagtalakay ng plenaryo ng Kamara sa 2019 national budget. Read more »

Part of P51-B fund in 2019 budget to be reallocated for Ompong rehab

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 03:37 PM

A portion of the P51 billion lumpsum flagged by some congressmen in the 2019 budget will be reallocated to augment rehabilitation funds for areas hit by Typhoon Ompong, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said. Read more »

House to resume 2019 budget deliberations after 2-day impasse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 11:29 AM

Budget deliberations in the House of Representatives are set to resume after lawmakers resolved a 2-day impasse, Davao Rep. Karlo Nograles said Wednesday, as he dismissed as gossip talk that he was almost ousted as House Appropriations Committee chair. Read more »

SC Justice Jose Reyes to handle House minority leadership row petition

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 07:21 PM

The petition challenging the minority leadership of Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez has been raffled to most senior Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jose Reyes, Jr.  Read more »

Next Speaker? Velasco denies involvement in alleged ouster plot vs Arroyo

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 05:13 PM

Velasco's name was floated by a highly placed source as the possible replacement of Arroyo should she be removed from her post. Read more »

Panukalang 2019 budget, may 'isiniksik' na P55 bilyong 'pork'?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 07:58 PM

Hindi umano makausad ang usapan sa Kamara tungkol sa panggastos ng gobyerno sa susunod na taon dahil nagkakagirian dahil sa isiningit na alokasyon para sa ilang piling mambabatas. Read more »

Palace hands off on House budget feud

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 02:44 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday said it will let the House of Representatives sort out its problem involving the P55 billion in alleged “pork” which triggered bickering between two congressional leaders. Read more »

Arroyo, planong patalsikin sa puwesto sa Kamara?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 12:57 AM

Umugong sa Kamara kanina ang posibleng pagpapatalsik sa puwesto kay House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Read more »

Arroyo, Nograles facing ouster attempts?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 12:20 AM

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Appropriations Committee chair Karlo Nograles reportedly face separate attempts to unseat them. Read more »

Wrangling over 2019 budget scuttles first day of deliberations

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 09:59 PM

MANILA - Differences between House Leaders over the 2019 budget derailed the beginning of plenary deliberations on next year’s budget that was scheduled today. Read more »

Speaker Arroyo faces tug-of-war over funds: sources

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 05:03 PM

Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is facing a challenge to unseat her just 2 months after she was installed because of disagreements on the allocation of some P55 billion in the 2019 budget, sources said Monday. Read more »

Nograles risking ouster as appropriations panel chair - sources

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 02:44 PM

MANILA - The Plenary session of the House of Representatives has been stalled Monday amid talk that Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles will be removed as chairman of the Appropriations Committee—a position in which he works on the budget annually. Read more »

House defers action on franchise bid of solar power firm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 04:38 PM

The bill would curb competition in the market, a lawmaker opposing the measure said. Read more »

House rescinds abolition of Road Board

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 01:41 AM

The House of Representatives has rescinded approval of House Bill 7436 or the abolition of the Road Board. Read more »

Lawmakers ask SC to recognize De Vera as minority leader

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 06:54 PM

Minority lawmakers have urged the Supreme Court (SC) to compel the lower chamber to recognize ABS party-list Rep. Eugene de Vera as the duly lawful minority leader and recognize a new “duly constituted” minority bloc.  Read more »

'Pagpapalit ng pinuno ng NFA, di sapat na solusyon sa problema sa bigas'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 08:52 PM

Hindi kumbensido ang ilang grupo na solusyon sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng bigas ang pagbabago sa liderato ng National Food Authority. Read more »

Donald Trump Jr says not worried about going to jail: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 08:32 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's eldest son said he was not worried that he could be jailed over his role in the Russia probe, but suggested investigators might try to "create" legal difficulties for him. Read more »

Arroyo influenced junking of impeachment raps vs SC justices, lawmaker says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 10:45 PM

An opposition lawmaker believes the House justice committee was influenced by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to dismiss the impeachment complaint against the chief justice and six other Supreme Court justices. Read more »