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MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez and newly installed Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero met at Malacañang last Monday when President Marcos signed into law the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino and Japanese lawmakers have again renewed their commitment to fostering closer parliamentary relations and cooperation through the strengthening of the Japan-Philippines Parliamentary Friendship League (JPPFL).
HOUSE Speaker Martin Romualdez and Japan's Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga vowed to improve the defense and security cooperation between the two countries and expand the trilateral cooperation with the United States during their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — Three bills enhancing social pension for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) were approved on third and final reading as administration and opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives crossed party lines on Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez asked his lawmaker-counterparts in US Congress for an expansion of joint military exercises in the Philippines and also sought an increased US foreign military financing.
MANILA, Philippines — Pulse Asia’s president stood by the public opinion polling firm’s latest survey, which showed that 88 percent of Filipinos are against changing the country’s Constitution, after members of the House of Representatives cast doubt on the methods used to obtain answers for the survey.
Sen. Chiz Escudero on Monday (Feb. 26) welcomed the move of the House of Representatives to pass its own version of a bill that would grant a legislated daily wage hike to millions of minimum wage earners in the country.
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will convene today the committee of the whole to deliberate on the proposed economic Charter change.