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House members pledge salaries to SEA Games gold medalists

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Posted at Dec 05 07:31 AM

Members of the House of Representatives will give away a chunk of their salaries to raise P10 million cash reward for Filipino gold medalists in the 30th SEA Games. Read more »

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers arrested as tensions soar

Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 03:42 PM

Hong Kong police said Saturday they have arrested three pro-democracy lawmakers over a brawl in parliament, deepening the city's crisis a day after the death of a student sent tensions soaring. Read more »

'Not for self, but for country': Lawmakers urged to emulate Nene Pimentel

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Posted at Oct 21 10:40 AM

Lawmakers should emulate the statesmanship of the late former Senate President Nene Pimentel, who was a "model public servant," one of his colleagues said Monday.   Read more »

'Ninja moves?' Albayalde exit earns mixed reactions from lawmakers

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Posted at Oct 14 03:30 PM

Lawmakers on Monday welcomed Gen. Oscar Albayalde's decision to step down from his post before his mandatory retirement next month but said he should be held liable over the so-called "ninja cops" or policemen who recycle seized illicit drugs. Read more »

Church's prison ministry tells lawmakers: Reject Duterte's death penalty call

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Posted at Jul 24 03:42 PM

MANILA - The Catholic Church's prison ministry is urging lawmakers to reject President Rodrigo Duterte's renewed plea to reinstate the death penalty.  Read more »

Cayetano: Term-sharing pact with Velasco to be observed

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Posted at Jul 18 12:07 AM

Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano vowed to maximize his 15-month term if he will be voted House Speaker. Read more »

Duterte points finger at bickering lawmakers for 2019 budget delay

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 03:31 AM

Duterte on Wednesday blamed squabbling lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the delay in the passage of this year’s P3.7-trillion national budget. Read more »

Budget impasse unresolved after Senate, House panel meeting

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 25 09:37 PM

MANILA - The six-man panel representing the Senate and the House of Representatives have failed to settle the proposed P3.757 trillion 2019 budget glitches during their more than three-hour meeting Monday. Read more »

House adopts stricter rules on SALN access

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Posted at Feb 02 01:03 AM

But some congressmen fear such rules would make the SALN ineffective as an anti-corruption tool. Read more »

House now requires 'majority consent' before SALN access

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 07:32 PM

The public will now need the majority consent of lawmakers in order to access their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), under a new House rule that one opposition lawmaker finds repressive. Read more »

Senior citizens bat for pension fund, slam lower criminal liability age

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 04:37 PM

A coalition of senior citizens on Monday urged lawmakers to prioritize the passage of a law that will create a universal social pension fund instead of tinkering with the country’s minimum age of criminal responsibility. Read more »

P30 million bounty up vs Batocabe's killers - governor

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Updated as of Dec 23 03:31 PM

Tipsters stand to gain P30 million for any information that will lead to the capture of AKO Bicol Party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe, the governor of his province said Sunday.  Read more »

House leader backs PH exit from parliamentarians' union

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Updated as of Oct 24 05:33 PM

Minority Leader Danilo Suarez is supporting Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's suggestion for the Philippines to withdraw from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) due to its supposed interference in local judicial processes. Read more »

Arroyo proposal to quit parliamentarians' union draws flak

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Updated as of Oct 23 11:23 PM

A lawmaker warned that leaving the IPU would be a diplomatic disaster and would derogate Manila's standing in international bodies. Read more »

LP-Makabayan now largest among House minority blocs

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 06:16 PM

The Liberal Party-Makabayan bloc now has 24 members in its bid to secure the minority leadership in the House of Representatives. Read more »

House committee wants PCSO to name lawmakers who got cheques

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Posted at Feb 14 12:28 AM

The funds of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) are shrinking, and some lawmakers and local politicians are part of the reason.  Read more »

Ilang mambabatas, nababahala sa mga usaping sangkot ang Tsina

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Updated as of Jul 18 12:52 PM

Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang ilang dati at kasalukuyang mambabatas hinggil sa ilang usapin sa bansa na kinasasangkutan ng China. Read more »

What worries most Filipinos?

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Posted at Oct 20 11:22 PM

Some opposition lawmakers said President Duterte should not only focus on his anti-drug campaign as they cited the results of a new Pulse Asia survey on concerns of the Filipino people. Read more »

What analysts, lawmakers say about new Pulse Asia survey on war on drugs

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 01:03 AM

MANILA - Analysts and lawmakers believe that the new Pulse Asia poll shows that while most Filipinos support the administration's campaign against illegal drugs, there may be a need to re-calibrate the campaign as majority of people are wary of extra-judicial killings. Read more »

Fariñas wants immunity from minor traffic violations for lawmakers

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Updated as of Sep 18 04:12 PM

MANILA - Ilocos Norte Representative Rodolfo Fariñas is asking the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to give lawmakers "parliamentary immunity" from minor traffic violations.  Read more »