Again, the Senate is caught napping, this time on legislation crucial for the country’s energy security.Senate Bill 2247, which seeks to create an investment en
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House of Representatives Secretary-General Mark Llandro Mendoza (Photo courtesy of House Press and Public Affairs Bureau) MANILA - House of Representatives Secretary-General Mark Llandro Mendoza on Wednesday said 70 to 80 percent of invitees to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) have confirmed their attendance. "We sent out mga around 1,360 invitations, so we're just waiting for the confirmation. Pero around 70 to 80 percent nagconfirm na (Around 70 to 80 percent have already confirmed their attendance)," Mendoza said. Mendoza said former President and Speaker now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and former President Joseph Estrada have confirmed their attendance, while former President Rodrigo Duterte and former Vice President Leni Robredo have yet to send their replies. He said Vice President Sara Duterte will be attending the big event. Others who are expected to grace the SONA are members of the diplomatic corps and the
Incumbent House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco endorsed on Tuesday, May 17 Majority Leader and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez as his successor for the top post in the legislative chamber in the upcoming 19th Congress.
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SPEAKERSHIP. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco endorses House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez as Speaker of the 19th Congress during their lunch meeting at Shangri-La The Fort in Taguig City on Tuesday (May 17, 2022). Velasco thanked Romualdez for helping him shepherd the House in the outgoing 18th Congress. (Photo courtesy of Romualdez' office) MANILA - Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday endorsed House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez to be the next Speaker of the 19th Congress. "I believe that his election as Speaker of the 19th Congress will ensure that the legislative agenda of the incoming administration will be pursued and completed. Majority Leader Romualdez has my support and friendship," Velasco said during a meeting in Makati City. The incumbent Speaker thanked Romualdez for helping him shepherd the House in the outgoing 18th Congress, noting that his strong leadership and support was crucial to the passage of relevant and timely pandemic-resp