House website back online
THE House of Representatives's website is back online on Wednesday after it went offline the day before.
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Senate undecided on Bagong Pilipinas hymn in flag ceremony
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate leadership has yet to decide whether to include the Bagong Pilipinas hymn and pledge during the regular flag-raising ceremony, even as the House of Representatives intends to adopt it.
Philippines, Japan strengthen parliamentary relations
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).
PH, Japan House chiefs to intensify defense ties
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.
House transmits divorce bill to Senate
MANILA, Philippines — There will no longer be a recount of the votes for the controversial divorce bill in the House of Representatives as the approved measure has been transmitted to the Senate.
Another divisive bill
Avery controversial proposed law to allow absolute divorce in the Philippines went through voting on third and final reading a few hours before the 19th Congress adjourned sine die last May 22. At the end of the voting, the House of Representatives reported the proposed House Bill (HB) 9349, or the Absolute Divorce Bill, was approved with 126 “Yes” votes, 109 “No” votes, with 20 abstentions.
House defers divorce bill transmission to Senate
MANILA, Philippines — The secretariat of the of the House of Representatives will hold transmitting House Bill 9349, or the Absolute Divorce Act, to the Senate pending the questions on how the votes of its members were counted.
List of House lawmakers who voted for or against absolute divorce
MANILA, Philippines — In a slim 131-109-20 vote, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved on final reading a measure that introduces absolute divorce in the country as an alternative mode of dissolving irreparably broken or dysfunctional marriages — the second time that the lower chamber has passed the controversial measure.
Lagman: House pro-divorce vote valid
MANILA, Philippines — Absolute divorce bill principal author Rep. Edcel Lagman stood firm on the validity of the results of the voting of the bill Wednesday night, after former Senate president Tito Sotto claimed that a vote of 126 for House Bill 9349 is “lost.”