House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez suspects that the Makabayan partylist lawmakers “either directly or indirectly benefit” from the so-called revolutionary tax imposed by New People’s Army rebels in the countryside.
Twenty-four lawmakers who are either critical of the administration or tussled with top House leaders have lost funding to implement infrastructure projects for their respective districts.
House Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas has cut the Makabayan bloc loose– on Viber– after it announced it is bolting the supermajority coalition.
Speaker Bebot Alvarez introduced Wednesday two new Deputy Speakers to replace Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Batangas Rep. Vilma Santos-Recto who stood by their principles and rejected the death penalty bill.
ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio finds its ironic that the first Mindanao president would declare martial law in his home region even after the Armed Forces of the Philippines had been assuring the public that it was in full control of the situation.
Nine Committee chairmen from the House of Representatives (HOR) boldly voted “no” to the death penalty restoration bill Tuesday (March 7) despite knowing full well that they might lose their plum posts.
Many politikos were out in full force to bid farewell to 2016 and ring in 2017, sharing their New Year’s Eve festivities on social media.
Even a supposed ally of President Rodrigo Duterte in the House of Representatives (HOR) doesn’t think that the Chief Executive’s ballyhooed brand of “change” is attainable under the just-signed P3.35-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2017.
After weeks of criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte over the hero’s burial he gave to late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio on Sunday (December 4) praised the Chief Executive for his clear-cut support for the proposed Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.
Leftist lawmakers Reps. Antonio Tinio and France Castro of ACT Teachers Party-list have lost one of their idols.
