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Lawmaker denies rumors of another lower House coup plot

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 09:38 PM

MANILA - House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Thursday denied rumors that there may be another coup plot in the House leadership. Read more »

Ex-Speaker Alvarez says to abstain from vote on Velasco, Cayetano

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Updated as of Oct 13 11:43 AM

Former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he "might as well abstain" from voting should an election for the chamber's top post be held later Tuesday. Read more »

CamSur solon cites 'precedence' in defense of funding for capitol building

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Posted at Sep 22 12:24 PM

House Deputy Speaker for Finance Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said Tuesday there has been "a lot of precedence" in the national government funding infrastructure for provinces.    Read more »

Infra funds for Cayetano's turf 'vetted', says Villafuerte

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Updated as of Sep 22 12:26 PM

The Department of Public Works and Highways "vetted" the infrastructure funding for Taguig, the bailiwick of House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, his colleague said Tuesday, following questions about the allocation.  Read more »

House majority wants Cayetano to stay despite term-sharing deal with Velasco: solon

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Updated as of Sep 22 10:38 AM

Majority of House of Representatives members want Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to stay as their leader despite his term-sharing deal with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, their colleague said Tuesday.    Read more »

House committee head denies solons fighting over ‘pork’ in 2021 budget

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Posted at Sep 21 01:33 PM

The leader of the House appropriations panel denied Monday that lawmakers are bickering over the distribution of supposed pork funds in the 2021 national budget.    Read more »

House to respect President's say on Cayetano-Velasco term sharing as Speaker: solon

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Posted at Sep 21 01:10 PM

The House of Representatives will respect President Rodrigo Duterte's word on the term-sharing deal that he brokered for Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco.    Read more »

Drilon flags lump sum public funds that may be ‘open to corruption'

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Posted at Sep 21 01:06 PM

Some infrastructure and anti-insurgency funds for 2021 are “open to corruption” and might be used to boost the election war chest of politicians in the succeeding year, a senator said Monday.  Read more »

Cayetano has '99.9 percent' chance of staying as Speaker: solon

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Updated as of Sep 21 02:14 PM

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has a "99.9 percent" chance of keeping his post, his colleague said, as he denied reports that President Rodrigo Duterte's son would orchestrate a power grab on Monday over the uneven share of funds for lawmakers' districts in the 2021 budget.  Read more »

Paolo Duterte 'never' moved to boot out Cayetano: solon

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Updated as of Sep 21 11:50 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's congressman son "never" said he would move to overthrow House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano due to supposed bickering over the 2021 national budget, their peer said Monday.  Read more »

'Gumagawa ng drama': Solons trade barbs on alleged Speakership power grab

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 02 03:16 PM

A lawmaker on Monday claimed House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies are fabricating a coup plot against himself so that he can abandon his term sharing deal with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. Read more »

Atienza: Cayetano ‘creating the problem’ with House coup conspiracy

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Updated as of Feb 29 10:40 PM

Atienza said Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco has no reason to stage a House coup, because all he needed to do was wait until October to get the Speakership.   Read more »

No House coup in Duterte's 4th SONA: lawmaker

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Updated as of Jul 17 09:06 AM

There would not be any coup d'etat for the House Speakership in this year's State of the Nation Address (SONA), a lawmaker said Wednesday.   Read more »

Paolo Duterte floats possible 'coup' in fight for House Speaker post

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 05:07 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's eldest son on Thursday said there could be a "coup d'etat" for the House of Representatives leadership even as the chief executive said a compromise had been reached. Read more »