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Lacson, Drilon want 'clearer' coronavirus response plan from Malacañang

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 03:42 PM

The executive department "should provide" a "clearer" coronavirus response plan, senators said Wednesday, a day after Malacañang submitted to Congress its first report on how President Rodrigo Duterte exercised the special powers granted by the legislative. Read more »

Mga patakaran ng ABS-CBN franchise hearings inilatag na ng House panel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 08:35 PM

Inilatag na ng House Committee on Legislative Franchises ang mga patakaran sa pagdinig sa renewal ng prangkisa ng ABS-CBN sa isang pagpulong - na nauwi pa sa tensiyon sa simula.  Read more »

Press freedom advocates push for ABS-CBN franchise renewal

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 10 04:18 PM

Press freedom advocates and supporters hold a protest calling for the renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise, outside the House of Representatives in Quezon City on Tuesday.  Read more »

House panel asks NTC to grant ABS-CBN provisional authority to operate past franchise expiration

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 10:45 PM

A House panel tasked with hearing bills to grant ABS-CBN Corp a new 25-year franchise asked Wednesday the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to issue the media giant a "provisional" permit to operate past its franchise expiration on May 4. Read more »

Zarate: 1994 MOU could save ABS-CBN from closure

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 09:04 PM

A 1994 agreement of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), and the House of Representatives could save the day for ABS-CBN, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said Tuesday. Read more »

House panel proceeding 'cautiously' on ABS-CBN franchise renewal: Albano

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 05:09 PM

The House committee tasked with hearing bills renewing ABS-CBN’s franchise refuses to be “coerced” into deciding on the measures, its vice chairperson said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Artists' group urges House to tackle ABS-CBN franchise renewal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 11:43 AM

The House of Representatives and not other branches of government is in the "best position to deliberate on whatever violations the franchisee may have committed," Artists Task Force ChaCha said. Read more »

House committee urged to bring ABS-CBN franchise bills to plenary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 06 04:21 PM

Eight bills seeking an extension of ABS-CBN Corp's franchise must be brought to the House of Representatives plenary "without further delay," an opposition lawmaker on Monday urged a committee tasked to handle the measures.   Read more »

Sta. Rosa City in Laguna gets own legislative district

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 03:09 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that would create a separate legislative district for Sta. Rosa City. Read more »

Stop-'endo' bill not among Duterte’s priority measures

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 07:46 PM

A bill seeking to stop contractualization or “endo” is not among the initial list of priority measures that the Palace has sent to Congress, Senate leaders confirmed Monday. Read more »

Ilang panukalang batas na hiniling sa SONA, nakahain na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 08:52 PM

Nakahain na sa Kamara ang ilan sa mga inihirit na panukalang batas ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa SONA.  Read more »

Ilang panukalang hiniling ni Duterte sa SONA, pumasa na sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 10:58 PM

Marami sa mga panukalang nabanggit ni Pangulong Duterte sa SONA ay nakalusot na sa mababang kapulungan. Read more »

Sotto breezes through Senate presidency vote

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 10:47 PM

MANILA - Unlike the tumultuous race for the speakership at the House of Representatives, choosing the leader at the Senate went like a breeze. Read more »

Bong Revilla on Senate return: I feel vindicated

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 05:09 PM

MANILA - Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Monday said he felt vindication after he was elected in the May polls despite the corruption allegations against him. Read more »

Sotto reelected Senate President

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 01:51 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Sen. Vicente Sotto III on Monday was voted by an overwhelming majority of his colleagues as Senate President, assuring President Rodrigo Duterte of continued support in the Senate for his legislative agenda. Read more »

Pia Cayetano to lead Senate ways and means panel

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 09:43 PM

MANILA - Returning Sen. Pia Cayetano has agreed to lead the Senate ways and means committee, a panel in charge if tackling tax-related measures, said Senate President Vicente Sotto III. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga panukalang inaasahang tatrabahuhin sa 18th Congress

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 08:08 PM

Mga panukalang reporma sa buwis, charter change, at pagbabalik ng death penalty ang ilang kasama sa listahan. Read more »

Gordon urges lawmakers: Respect Constitution, branches of gov't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 06:35 AM

MANILA - Senator Richard Gordon urged congressmen to respect the Constitution and the branches of government amid the issue of term-sharing for speakership at the House of Representatives. Read more »

Davao lawmakers to Cabinet members: Hands off Speaker race

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 02:56 PM

MANILA – A group of Davao Region lawmakers allied with Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Friday said Cabinet members must not be involved in the selection of the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Read more »

'Political calculations,' Duterte popularity seen to determine Senate independence

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 12:59 PM

MANILA - “Political calculations” and the administration’s popularity will determine how independent senators of the incoming 18th Congress will be on crucial matters, analysts have said.  Read more »