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'A gentleman's agreement': Velasco confident of Speakership next year

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 04:08 PM

Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco insisted Monday his speakership next year amid talk that House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano might stay in his post past the 15 months he was allotted under their term-sharing agreement. Read more »

House term-sharing deal in peril?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 04:31 PM

Supporters of Philippine House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano are now floating the idea of scrapping a term-sharing deal brokered by President Rodrigo Duterte. That's as Cayetano received unprecedented trust and approval ratings, according to a new survey. The term-sharing deal sees Cayetano eventually turning over his post To Deputy Speaker Lord Allan Velasco. But one lawmaker says the decision whether or not to pursue the term-sharing deal is up to President Duterte. Read more »

Velasco on Paolo Duterte’s stand vs term-sharing: I leave it up to my colleagues

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 11:19 PM

MANILA—Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco on Monday said it would be up to other House members if they wanted to heed Davao Rep. Paolo Duterte’s call against a term-sharing agreement that would install the PDP-Laban lawmaker as the next House speaker. Read more »

Duterte pabor sa Cayetano-Velasco term-sharing sa Kamara

Jewel Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 12:23 AM

Ibinunyag naman ni Congressman Edgar Erice na sasama na ang Liberal Party sa mayorya. Read more »

Answered prayer: Cayetano reacts after getting Duterte endorsement in House speakership

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 11:43 AM

It was an answered prayer for Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, who triumphed at getting President Rodrigo Duterte's endorsement for the House of Representatives speakership.  Read more »

Choose Speaker based on conscience, not deals: lawmaker

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 12:08 PM

MANILA — Term-sharing and other deals related to the Speakership of the 18th Congress curtail the freedom of congressmen to elect their leader based on conscience, a lawmaker said Thursday. Read more »

Cayetano 'disappointed' with Velasco rejecting term-sharing of speakership

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 27 11:04 PM

Taguig Pateros Representative-Elect Alan Peter Cayetano said he was "disappointed" at House speakership rival, Marinduque Rep. Lord Alan Velasco for supposedly rejecting an already agreed term-sharing deal on the House Speakership of the 18th Congress. Read more »

Liderato ng Senado, nais ilipat kay Tito Sotto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 10:20 PM

Maaaring mabago na ang uupong Senate president sa susunod na linggo sakaling masunod ang nilalaman ng isang resolusyon sa mataas na kapulungan. Read more »