Posts Tagged ‘house of representatives

CHARGES of cheating, bribery, graft and corruption and other crimes will continue to haunt President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo even beyond 2010 as her critics vowed to carry on the fight while Catholic bishops urged the citizenry to keep searching for the...

ONE by one, as if in a chorus line, allies of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the House of Representatives on Tuesday took turns undermining the fourth impeachment complaint filed against her, prompting pro-impeachment lawmakers to nearly walk out of...

November 25, 2008 · Posted in: Congress Watch, Governance, In the News

Congress on the dock

THE PCIJ recently added another award to its collection, winning the 2007 National Book Award for Journalism for its book "The Rulemakers: How the Wealthy and Well-born Dominate Congress." The recognition from the Manila Critics Circle and the National...

FORMER House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. appealed to his colleagues on Monday to “use (their) conscience” in deciding on the latest impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The Pangasinan lawmaker was trying to win the...

PREPARATIONS for the 2010 elections and the up-and-coming economic crisis have given civil society and other cause-oriented groups more reason to keep a tight watch over the 2009 budget process to ensure judicious spending of the people’s money. The...

THE concluding session of the outgoing 13th House of Representatives last Thursday ended in typical fashion — none of the pending bills were passed because there was a lack of quorum. To make up for such a lackluster valedictory to another three-year...