President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to approve a bill increasing teaching supplies allowance from P5,000 to P10,000 starting School Year (SY) 2025-2026 in a ceremonial signing into law on Monday.
A new Philippine president. A new plenary hall. A new House Speaker.
The main Philippine flag inside the House plenary hall (PPAB)
The House of Representatives will have the imagery of a new beginning a clean slate of sorts going for it when it finally starts the first regular sessio
UNITY agenda of the Marcos administration, economic and pandemic measures will be the top priorities of the House of Representatives next Congress, according to House Majority Leader Martin G. Romualdez. Romualdez, who will most likely be elected Speaker of the House in the 19th Congress, said the lower chamber would…
House on extended lockdown; 2 senators catch COVID-19 philstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
GUNNING FOR LAST TERM. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, accompanied by his wife Elsa, files his certificate of candidacy for his third and last term before the Commission on Elections on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021). Leonardia, who heads the local coalition Grupo Progreso, is the official candidate of the Nacionalista Party for the mayoral race in the May 2022 elections.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a third and final term on Wednesday this time, under the Villar-led Nacionalista Party (NP). "We are now officially part of the Nacionalista Party," Leonardia said in a press conference held before noon, after which his group heard a mass and submitted their COCs before the Commission on Elections. Leonardia, who heads the local coalition Grupo Progreso, has been a long-time member of the Nationalist's People Coalition (NPC) founded by his political backer, the late Ambassador Eduardo Coj