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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 22) — The House of Representatives has yet to refer the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to the Committee on Justice more than two months after its filing, but one House leader said it will be referred at the right time. Cordevilla had accused the magistrate of failing to file his Statement of Assets and Liabilities, and of delaying the resolution of cases, including the ones pending before the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, where Leonen serves as chairperson. During Monday's plenary ...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published February 16, 2021 10:02am Anakalusugan party-list Representative Mike Defensor on Tuesday said the House of Representatives should resolve first with the Senate two issues about the proposal to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution rather than "rushing" it.  "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," Defensor said in a statement.  "One is whether the two chambers need to approve a joint resolution formally ...

Published February 4, 2021 9:26am By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies have filed a measure seeking to grant additional cash assistance to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In House Bill 8697, Cayetano and six other lawmakers proposed to create the Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino (BPP) Assistance Program, which will provide beneficiaries with P1,500 cash assistance per family member or P10,000 per household, whichever is higher. “This bill ensures that each and every Filipino is given additional assistance, in recognition that we all have be...

Rep. Franz Alvarez says the issue was already

Published January 28, 2021 1:30pm Updated January 28, 2021 3:46pm By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News The issue of the franchise renewal of broadcast firm ABS-CBN is best addressed in the next Congress, House committee on legislative franchises chair Franz Alvarez said Thursday. Alvarez made the remark amid new moves to reopen the deliberations on the ABS-CBN franchise renewal bid, and the assertion of Anakalusugan party-list Representative Mike Defensor for the House plenary to take up the "unresolved" measure granting the network a provisional franchise. "Based on my understanding from the H...