MANILA — Several senators on Wednesday opposed proposals to postpone the May 2019 elections through a People’s Initiative, stressing separately that the process is quite tedious, a...
MANILA — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday said aside from legislation, another alternative to postpone the 2019 midterm elections is an amendment of the Constitution through...
MANILA — The leadership of the House of Representatives has asked President Rodrigo R. Duterte to certify as urgent the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to expedite...
MANILA — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Sunday expressed support for President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s reported plan to abolish the National Food Authority (NFA) Council amid the...
MANILA — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said Wednesday he expects the House of Representatives to pass the bill on dissolution of marriage before Congress goes into...
MANILA — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Tuesday assured that the regional development gap in the country could be narrowed under a federal setup with the rich...
The Senate and the House of Representatives have come to an agreement of prioritizing the revisions to be made in the Constitution, temporarily setting aside arguments...
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri jokingly told former political rival and Senator President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel that he should have also celebrated his recent birthday...
MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he is only joking when he threatened to give zero budget to local politicians who would oppose the...
Senators on Friday downplayed House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s call to the public not to elect senators who will not support the administration’s proposed shift to federalism....