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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 »

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 »

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 »

Discussing the House Speakership

Courtesy of Sen. Bong Go
Posted at Sep 29 10:52 PM

Duterte talks to House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco Tuesday regarding the term-sharing agreement for the speakership which the president brokered in 2019 Read more »

Atienza: Duterte word important in Speakership row

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 29 02:19 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte needs to intervene in the term-sharing agreement of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco for the House Speakership, a lawmaker reiterated Tuesday.   Read more »

House's 'Supermajority Coalition' endorses continued speakership of Cayetano

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 28 02:41 PM

MANILA - Members of the majority and minority blocs of the House of Representatives have crossed party lines to endorse the continued speakership of Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano—effectively calling for the abandonment of a term sharing deal with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. Read more »

Cayetanos meet with Paolo Duterte, Yap amid House coup rumors

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 08:51 PM

Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and wife flew to Davao City over the weekend to meet with Deputy Speaker Paolo Duterte and House Appropriations Committee Chair Eric Go Yap amid coup rumors against Cayetano. Read more »

Cayetano urged to honor 'gentleman's agreement' with Velasco on House Speakership term-sharing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 05:42 PM

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano should honor the term-sharing agreement he has with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, their colleague at the House of Representatives said Wednesday.   Read more »

Cayetano to stay as House Speaker despite term-sharing deal with Velasco?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 10:24 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said he cannot do anything if Rep. Lord Allan Velasco does not have enough support to succeed Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano as House Speaker. 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 »

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 »