House questions DTI about unused funds
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been made to explain why it was not using the funds allocated ...
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Law sought vs corporal punishment
A party-list lawmaker on Monday appealed to the leadership of the House of Representatives to prioritize a measure penalizing corporal ...
Read moreAlvarez pushes drive vs ‘protocol’ car plates
ASIDE from pursuing a policy against special No. 8 car plates for congressmen, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said Monday he would ...
Read moreHouse to dig up more dirt on Bilibid ‘players’
THE House of Representatives will summon everyone linked to the proliferation of illegal drugs at the New Bilibid Prison when ...
Read moreE. Visayas solons push Digong special powers
The 14-man Eastern Visayas Bloc of the House of Representatives on Wednesday asked their colleagues to grant emergency powers to President ...
Read morePimentel: De Lima’s appearance in House probe on drugs not required
Senate President Koko Pimentel says, Senator Leila de Lima is not required to attend the House investigation on the proliferation ...
Read moreHouse to probe P540-m scam on Kuwait workers
LEGAZPI CITY—The House of Representatives is set to investigate a P540-million scam that allegedly victimized overseas applicants for Kuwait through ...
Read moreHouse begins budget hearings
The House of Representatives begins the hearings for the 2017 proposed national budget. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is presenting the ...
Read moreTelecom firms summoned to House probe
THE telecommunications duopoly will be summoned by Congress to explain why their legislative franchises should not be revoked due to ...
Read moreHouse begins scrutiny of budget bill
THE committee on appropriations at the House of Representatives will begin today deliberations of the Duterte administration’s first national budget ...
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