In view of the public outcry for more transparency, the rules governing utilization of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) should be “tightened” to prevent politicians from wasting hard-earned taxpayers’ money, a militant lawmaker suggested over...

After sari-sari store owners and rice retailers, President Marcos is not discounting the possibility of granting P15,000 in cash aid to farmers gravely hit by El Niño, the Department of Social Welfare and Development said yesterday.

The House of Representatives has officially removed from its roll of members the An Waray party-list after the Commission on Elections disqualified the group for allegedly violating the law governing sectoral representatives in Congress.

The certification by President Marcos of the General Appropriations Bill of 2024 (House Bill 8980) as “urgent” will ensure its passage on time as the House of Representatives conducts plenary deliberations on government agencies’ proposed allocations, ...

Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday stood by the constitutionality of the Maharlika Investment Fund Act of 2023 after lawmakers asked the Supreme Court to void and stop the implementation of the MIF Law.

Speaker Martin Romualdez is leaving it up to Harvard University to discuss reports that he had donated $2 million, saying the school has a policy with regard to such arrangements.

The internal computer system of the Office of the Ombudsman has been hacked and at least three persons managed to gain access to administrative and graft cases against government officials, Ombudsman Samuel Martires disclosed to lawmakers yesterday.

Filipinos shouldn’t be sleeping with the enemy.

The House of Representatives under the leadership of Speaker Martin Romualdez is “on the right track” as the chamber tries to help the Marcos administration lower the prices of rice, among others, a congressman said.

President Marcos’ signing of Republic Act 11960, or the One Town, One Product Law is a perfect post-COVID pandemic law that would go a long way in helping micro, small and medium enterprises recover from the lingering effects of health crisis, Speaker ...