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Velasco's election as Speaker in QC sports club 'unconstitutional': Ex-UP Law dean

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 12:13 AM

MANILA - The election of Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as House Speaker in a sports club was deemed "unconstitutional" by a law expert on Monday, hours after Taguig Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano was "ousted" from the leadership. Read more »

Sara Duterte's Hugpong ng Pagbabago backs House term-sharing pact

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 10:08 AM

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said Monday her regional party Hugpong ng Pagbabago supports the House speakership term-sharing agreement between Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco and Taguig-Pateros 1st District Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano. Read more »

Velasco: '2021 budget isinakripisyo ni Cayetano para sa ambisyon'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 07:06 PM

Malinaw raw na isinakripisyo ni House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano ang budget para sa sariling interes.   Read more »

House using Senate as 'scapegoat' for 2021 budget delay: Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 01:22 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said the House of Representatives is using the Senate as a "scapegoat" after the passage of the 2021 budget is placed in limbo due to a power struggle in the Batasang Pambansa. Read more »

Velasco camp nagbabalang igigiit ang term-sharing

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 07 10:00 PM

Nagbabala ang kampo ni Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco na igigiit ang term-sharing agreement sa speakership.  Read more »

Cayetano apologizes to Duterte, public amid House power struggle

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 05:05 AM

MANILA - Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano issued a public apology to President Rodrigo Duterte and the public on Tuesday as he belittled the apology earlier issued by political rival Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco over the ongoing House leadership row that has affected the 2021 national budget deliberations. Read more »

Cayetano dares Velasco to unseat him as Speaker; says budget talks being sabotaged

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 10:13 PM

MANILA - Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday challenged political rival Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco to produce the numbers needed to unseat the former and install the latter as the next House leader. Read more »

Ilang kaalyado ni Velasco pinipigilan umanong dumalo, magsalita sa sesyon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 09:03 PM

Itinanggi naman ito ni Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano.  Read more »

Speaker term-sharing deal unconstitutional, impractical: analyst

Michael Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 03:16 PM

A House Speakership term-sharing deal is unconstitutional and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano should just continue his leadership, a political analyst said Sunday. Read more »

Lawmaker to Velasco — Speeches should be done in plenary, not on social media

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 11:51 PM

House Deputy Speaker Neptali Gonzales II said speakership issues should not be dealt with on social media platforms such as Facebook. Read more »

Babala ng Velasco camp: Cayetano patatalsikin kung di magre-resign

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 09:35 PM

Pag-atake umano kay Pangulong Duterte ang hindi pagsunod sa inaprubahan nitong term-sharing agreement.   Read more »

Velasco camp to declare Speaker seat vacant if Cayetano doesn't resign: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 01:43 PM

Failure to enforce the term-sharing agreement between House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Rep. Lord Allan Velasco is tantamount to defying President Rodrigo Duterte who brokered the deal and who wants it implemented, a lawmaker said Friday. Read more »

'This is not a teleserye': Solon denies leaking Oct. 14 Speakership turnover date

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 12:46 PM

AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Rep. Sharon Garin on Friday called on colleagues to be professionals in the face of a tussle between two lawmakers for the House Speaker position. Read more »

Term-sharing deal not binding on House members: Fernandez

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 02 05:34 PM

MANILA - Deputy Speaker Danilo Fernandez on Thursday said the term-sharing agreement between Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco forged by the President is not binding on the members of the House of Representatives.   Read more »

PANOORIN: Pahayag nina Cayetano at Velasco noong nakaraang taon hinggil sa Speakership

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 01:13 AM

Balikan ang naging mga pahayag nina Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano at Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco noong nakaraang taon hinggil sa House Speakership, ang pang-apat na pinakamataas na posisyon sa bansa na pareho nilang hinangad at nauwi sa 15-21 term-sharing agreement. Read more »

Wala nang term-sharing? Cayetano binotong manatili bilang House Speaker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 07:54 PM

Bago mag-'resign,' nagtalumpati muna si Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano sa umano'y mga kakulangan ni Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. Read more »

'Awkward' for Malacañang to announce new House Speaker, says Duterte spox

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 01:37 PM

MANILA— It would be "awkward" for Malacañang to make  pronouncements on the leadership of the House of Representatives, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said Wednesday after the chief executive mediated between the two lawmakers eyeing the post. Read more »

‘Hindi siya nabola’: Atienza pinuri paninindigan ni Duterte sa isyu ng House Speakership

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 01:14 PM

MAYNILA - Hinangaan ni Buhay Partylist Lito Atienza si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pasya nitong hayaang manaig ang kasunduan hinggil sa pagpapalit ng Speaker ng House of Representatives.   Read more »

House minority says 'not prudent' to change Speaker during pandemic, budget deliberations

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 12:23 PM

The House minority will abide by the majority's choice of Speaker, its leader said Wednesday after the two lawmakers vying for the position met with President Rodrigo Duterte Tuesday night. Read more »

Duterte wants Velasco-Cayetano term-sharing deal enforced: colleagues

Jamaine Punzalan and Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 12:42 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte pushed Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to uphold a term-sharing deal with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco and let him lead the House of Representatives, two of its members said Wednesday.  Read more »