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House lawmakers struggle to find fault in Lopez loan with DBP Ramon Royandoyan © STAR/File House lawmakers struggle to find fault in Lopez loan with DBP MANILA, Philippines — House lawmakers struggled their way back to finding fault after hitting a stonewall in the second hearing meant to probe loans of the Lopez family sold by state-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) at a discount. The hearing picks up from last month’s proceedings with House blue ribbon chair Michael Edgar Aglipay of Diwa party-list apologizing to President Rodrigo Duterte for suspending t...

House of the Representatives (ALVIN KASIBAN / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor cautioned the House leadership against rushing plenary action on Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 that proposes amendments to certain economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.   “I believe that in rushing Cha-cha, the House is putting the cart before the horse. The House should first resolve with the Senate at least two contentious issues,” said Defensor in a statement released Tuesday, February 16. “One is whether the two chambers need to approve a joint resoluti...

Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) In a press statement, Cayetano said House Bill 8628 or the proposed Bayanihan to Arise as One Act (Bayanihan 3) authored by Velasco “might not be approved in time to help those who need it the most.” Cayetano also took a jab at Velasco’s bid to prioritize  Charter change moves which the Lower House Committee on Constitutional Amendments did when it adopted last week Resolution of Both Houses 02. “This is precisely why we asked that we focus on what is important, #AyudaHindiChacha, so that we can give the ...

(UNSPLASH / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Through the years, we’ve had non-Muslim women share with us their own experience with the hijab.  Their stories ranged from those of finding quiet empowerment under the veil, to stories of being discriminated against because of a piece of cloth they they’ve decided to wear,” Sangcopan said in a privilege speech. Sangcopan, vice chairperson of the House Committee on Muslim Affairs, stressedt aht wearing the hijab is neither “an obligation nor an act of oppression” but is in fact, “an act of empowerment and conscious decision among women...

Published January 29, 2021, 8:08 PM Former speaker and Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday challenged the leadership of the House of Representatives to spearhead efforts to stop the continuous rise in prices of basic goods that has affected millions of Filipinos facing the COVID-19 public health threat. Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano Together with his wife, Taguig Rep. Lani Cayetano and loyal allies, the former House leader filed House Resolution 1515 calling on the Lower House to swiftly initiate moves that would arrest the soaring prices of meat and vegetables. For starters, Cayetan...