Congress Watch

In a press conference on Thursday, House Deputy Majority Leader Janette Garin lauded the Senate for approving the PHP100 daily wage hike bill on second reading, but the amount is still insufficient to meet the basic needs of workers' families.

In a press conference, Palawan Representative Jose Alvarez said foreign ownership restrictions in the Constitution have discouraged would-be foreign investors despite the passage of the amendments to the Public Service Act, Retail Trade Liberalization Act, and the Foreign Investment Act.

Deputy House Speaker and Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar on Monday urged her colleagues to pass a bill seeking to protect and provide health and financial assistance to waste workers throughout the country.

Sa gitna ng patuloy na iringan ng Kamara at Senado para Charter change, nagbabala si Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers sa mga senador na maaaring matuloy pa rin ang people’s initiative (PI) kung sakaling mabigo ang Kongreso na aprubahan ang reporma sa economic provisions ng 1987 Constitution.

Binatikos ni Senador Chiz Escudero ang hamon ni House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe na ipahayag sa publiko ang kanilang posisyon hinggil sa mga amyenda sa economic provisions sa 1987 Constitution.

In her petition, Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Party-list Rep. France Castro said the ruling by the city prosecutors against her complaint "undermines efforts to address online threats, contributes to normalizing violent rhetoric, and erodes public trust in the legal system's ability to handle explicit threats from those in power, effectively deterring dissent."

The Committee on Public Order and Safety cited former Philippine National Police-Southern Police District (PNP-SPD) director Brig. Gen. Roderick Mariano and former SPD comptroller head Col. Charlie Cabradilla in contempt upon motion of ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo.

“This marks a significant step towards the much-awaited constitutional amendments. As Speaker of the House of Representatives, I await with great anticipation the outcomes of these Senate deliberations,” pahayag ni House Speaker Martin Romualdez.

In a statement on Friday, House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, Lakas-CMD executive vice president, said the lawmakers signed a manifesto supporting Romualdez's leadership to uphold the principles of democracy.

Bagong Henerasyon Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera said the gaps in the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 9994 (the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010) and RA 10754 (an Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of PWDs) could be resolved faster by tweaking the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) through a joint memorandum circular or order.