The Lakas–CMD (Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats) led by House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez and its party-list allies are expected to play a decisive role on whether Speaker Alan Cayetano will stay in his post or be replaced by Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco.
Special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo said Speaker Alan Cayetano’s has brought shame to the House of Representatives with his dogged refusal to step down from his post as agreed in a term-sharing deal brokered by President Rodrigo Duterte himself.
The battle for Speakership is becoming messier by the day.
Speaker Alan Cayetano has accused the a local broadsheet, The Daily Tribune, of spreading fake news about President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching orders on his term-sharing deal with Marinduqe Rep. Lord Velasco.
Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco owes a big favor to former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez if ever he gets to sit as House Speaker.
Speaker Alan Cayetano will not hand over his seat to Marinduque Rep. Lord Alan Velasco.
Speaker Alan Cayetano claimed critics should not worry too much about moves by the House to ramp up discussions on Charter change (Cha-cha).
Speaker Alan Cayetano claims President Rodrigo Duterte is mounting his war on oligarchs with a heavy heart because some of his targets are his friends.
Speaker Alan Cayetano is using President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to dismantle oligrachies to tarnish previous administrations coddling big businessmen.
Speaker Alan Cayetano says the government can live with any reports newspapers, tabloids, and web-only news sites dish out.
It was Congress which murdered ABS-CBN’s franchise, the National Telecommunications Commission’s cease and desist order is just the death certificate.
It’s a big mystery why Speaker Alan Cayetano suddenly abandoned his pet House Bill 6732 seeking to grant ABS-CBN a temporary franchise until October 2020.
This early, Presidential adviser on entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion is doubtful the government will hit its daily mass testing target on May 31.
Lawyer Larry Gadon on Tuesday (May 19) lauded the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision not to grant the temporary restraining order (TRO) order in favor of ABS-CBN.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman deplored Speaker Alan Cayetano’s “failure of leadership” after abandoning the provisional franchise of ABS-CBN Corp. which he spearheaded on the Batasan floor with much braggadocio just a week ago.
Less than a week after offering to help ABS-CBN Corp. go back on air, Speaker Alan Cayetano’s proposed provisional franchise for the media giant has been obliterated by his won allies in House of Representatives.
ABS-CBN news anchor Ted Failon can’t help himself but be skeptical of Speaker Alan Cayetano’s handling of the temporary franchise for the media giant.
Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile is puzzled why Speaker Alan Cayetano is in such a rush to give ABS-CBN Corp. a franchise good only for a few months when he should be batting for a 25-year deal.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is sorry for blindsiding Speaker Alan Cayetano and Congress when it issued shut down ABS-CBN Corp. on May 5, a day after its franchise expired.
In an ideal world for its owners, employees, and fans, ABS-CBN Corp. would be back on air by the first week of June.
Speaker Alan Cayetano has given up explaining himself to “dilawans” or yellow-clad loyalists of the Aquinos.
Speaker Alan Cayetano assuaged fears of Duterte diehard supporters(DDS) on the House’s move to allow ABS-CBN Corp. back on air through a provisional franchise good until October 2020.
Speaker Alan Cayetano has had enough of senators dipping their fingers into the sole business of the Lower House, such as approving the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN Corp.
Speaker Alan Cayetano lashed out against “Ang Probinsyano” star Coco Martin and other ABS-CBN Kapamilya celebrities who took turns attacking the Duterte administration for the closure of ABS-CBN Corp.
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