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(Photo courtesy of House Press and Public Affairs Bureau) MANILA - The House of Representatives formally opened the first regular session of the 19th Congress on Monday morning, ahead of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). The lower chamber officially opened the inaugural session at 10 a.m. with House Secretary-General Mark Llandro Mendoza as the presiding officer. Per the House Rules, the Secretary General of the immediately preceding Congress will preside over the inaugural session of the House until the election of a new Speaker. The convening of the regular session is in accordance with Article VI, Sections 15 and 16 of the 1987 Constitution, which provides that the Congress shall convene once every year on the fourth Monday of July for its regular session. Vice President Sara Duterte was present during the inaugural session. Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez is poised to be the new Speaker. Romualdez has received endorsemen
MANILA - Expect President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to tackle all the issues Filipinos want to hear in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), presidential son and Ilocos 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Alexander "Sandro" Marcos said Monday. This, as Sandro expressed confidence that Filipinos will be "very happy" to listen to his father's SONA. "I think people will be very happy with what he has to say," he said in a chance interview at Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City, when quizzed about the specific topics that will be discussed in the Chief Executive's speech. "I don't want to give everything away. But I think everything that we are expecting to hear, you will hear." Marcos was the one who drafted his first SONA, Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez earlier said. Sandro said he was with his father when the latter was writing and rehearsing the speech. The Chief Executive's speech will be "technical,"
Rep. France Castro (ACT Teachers party-list) said in a letter that there are no congressional rules, parliamentary practice, protocol and social norms violated by wearing statement pieces.
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