This comes just a week after Macapagal-Arroyo was demoted to deputy speaker at the House of Representatives amid speculation that she was leading a destabilization plot to unseat House Speaker Rep. Martin Romualdez (Leyte), an accusation the former president also denied.
Condolences poured in from lawmakers over the death of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, whom they remembered for his pivotal role in winning the case against China on the West Philippine Sea at a Hague-based arbitral tribunal.
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Senate President Miguel Zubiri on Monday said that he has asked to meet with House Speaker Martin Romualdez first before the Senate panel can proceed with marathon hearings on the approved constitutional convention bill at the lower chamber.
Leaders of the House of Representatives have filed a bill seeking to give the president the power to suspend and adjust the premium rate hikes for direct contributors of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. as they said these scheduled increases will burden members of the state health insurer.