Neophyte Rep. Leandro Leviste is fully prepared for the worst that could happen to him with regard to purported key evidence implicating high government officials in the flood control scandal, expressing confidence that the evidence will come out in du...

In part three of his series of “exposés,” resigned congressman Zaldy Co claimed yesterday that his former boss, former speaker Martin Romualdez, threatened to have him killed if he spilled the beans on the alleged P100 billion budget...

President Marcos should certify as urgent a “National Land-Use” bill in the House of Representatives and sign it into law the soonest to prevent the devastating effects of typhoons, an opposition lawmaker said yesterday.

One of the three Department of Public Works and Highways engineers who spilled the beans on the multibillion-peso flood control corruption has sought permission from the House of Representatives leadership to visit his family over the weekend.

Contrary to popular belief, the cost of living in the so-called Mega Manila or the provinces just outside Metro Manila is more costly than in the country’s capital, according to a congressman.

One of the key legislators who can shed light on spurious insertions in the 2025 national budget is reportedly in the United States seeking medical treatment.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson raised alarm yesterday over the possibility that as much as half of the nearly P2 trillion allocated to the Department of Public Works and Highways for flood control projects may have been lost to corruption.

The House of Representatives’ committee on good government and public accountability has expressed cooperation with the preliminary investigation of the Office of the Ombudsman on the alleged P612.5 million corruption case of impeached Vice Presi...

After four months of hearings, officials of the quad committee of the House of Representatives recommended yesterday the filing of charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte and seven others for alleged extrajudicial killings during his term.

A 64-year-old warden of the Davao penal colony who is set to retire in November virtually tagged former president Rodrigo Duterte as the mastermind in the alleged killing of three convicted Chinese drug traffickers in August 2016.

Congressmen want to restore the proposed P49.7-billion 2025 budget of the Commission on Elections, which the Department of Budget and Management slashed by P14.2 billion.

The Department of Budget and Management formally turned over yesterday the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 to the House of Representatives, with the P1.035-trillion allocation for local government units topping the spending priorities.

Administration lawmakers yesterday vowed to unmask government officials in Davao City who were behind the alleged scheme of giving Chinese nationals falsified birth certificates for the purpose of applying for a Philippine passport.

It may have been a slip of the tongue. The cat, nevertheless, is out of the bag, so to speak.

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure that will finally amend a 65-year-old law prohibiting foreign medical students who studied in the country from practicing the profession in their home country.

An administration lawmaker is urging the House of Representatives to conduct a probe into the reported gentleman’s agreement on the West Philippine Sea between former president Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In light of increased cyber attacks, a lawmaker called on his colleagues in the House of Representatives to hasten the approval of measures that will protect the country’s digital infrastructure and penalize hackers.

Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday served notice to his colleagues in the House of Representatives about the “prioritization” of measures that will help mitigate the burden of commuters in public transportation, like the proposal to utilize motorcycle ...

With the regular recurrence of dry spells, it is time to make the installation of a rainwater collection system “mandatory” in all buildings, residential or commercial, if only to mitigate flooding, according to a senior administration lawmaker.

Key officials of the House of Representatives have floated the disparity in the legislative performance of the two chambers of the bicameral Congress, where the Senate paled in comparison to the House.

The House of Representatives committee on legislative franchises yesterday decided to issue a subpoena to Pastor Apollo Quiboloy with regard to the defiant stance of his Sonshine Media Network International despite a temporary shutdown order for violat...

Deepfakes and artificial intelligence (AI) are a risk as the May 2025 midterm elections approach, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday expressed his gratitude to the Filipino people for the high trust and performance ratings he received, as shown in a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has so far delisted about 100,000 families from the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program because of anomalies.

Introducing “economic only” changes in the 1987 Constitution, as contained in Resolution of Both Houses 6, can never be a basis for a shift to parliamentary form of government, according to House leaders.

Senate hearings on Charter change are set for Monday, with discussions to focus on restrictive economic provisions affecting select industries, according to Sen. Sonny Angara, who stressed they would avoid tinkering with elected officials’ term limits.

President Marcos should take a serious look at the qualifications of officials of the Commission on Higher Education after they ordered a “stoppage” of the K-12 educational program of the state universities and colleges taking in senior high school (SH...

As he prepares to sign the P5.768-trillion budget program tomorrow, President Marcos yesterday declared as a “settled issue” the controversy over the aborted inclusion of P650-million confidential funds in the 2024 budgets of the Office of Vice Preside...

An official of the House of Representatives has defended President Marcos for voicing his openness to amending the Constitution – particularly its economic provisions – and chided the Senate for its “obstructionist stance.”

Lawmakers will make another pitch for constitutional amendments next year, focusing on economic provisions deemed “very prohibitive,” Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said yesterday.

China is involved in a “creeping invasion” of the Philippines through massive real estate acquisition using laundered money, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said yesterday.

Senators and congressmen comprising the bicameral conference committee of Congress approved yesterday the final version of the P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, where the “legacy” budget allocations of President Marcos have been outlined.

Drug kingpins who have been lording it over national penitentiaries for decades may soon spend more years behind bars once a measure at the House of Representatives is approved and concurred in by the Senate.

The series of raids conducted on warehouses containing hoarded and smuggled rice and the House of Representatives’ decision to realign confidential and intelligence funds away from civilian agencies were among the factors that improved the ratings of S...

The Inter-Parliamentary Union has expressed concern over the death threats issued by former president Rodrigo Duterte against progressive lawmaker Rep. France Castro.

Filipino voters, most particularly families whose loved ones are overseas Filipino workers should vote today for candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections who have their interest in mind and truly understand their situation, a lawma...

Legislative work will continue at the House of Representatives despite accusations  hurled by former president Rodrigo Duterte, who was apparently offended by the chamber’s realignment of his daughter’s confidential funds, a House official said yesterd...

A senior administration legislator is calling on the Marcos administration to do all it can in ensuring that no Filipino is trapped in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.