17th Congress
Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez’s Acceptance Speech
26 July, 2016 at 13:30
Delivered on the occasion of the Organizational Meeting of the 17th Congress
Session Hall, House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila
In praise of …
20 June, 2016 at 11:13
I’m going to do something out of character and beyond a columnist’s task, our role being to criticize the government. The government does more than enough boasting of its achievements, or supposed achievements.
Incoming Speaker bares legislative agenda
20 June, 2016 at 10:06
The 17th Congress will spend its maiden year pushing three ambitious items on the incoming Duterte administration’s agenda: the switch to a federal government, restoration of the death penalty and…
Sotto bares initial list of committee chairmanships...
10 June, 2016 at 13:50
Sotto bares initial list of committee chairmanships in Senate By: Maila Ager | 12:15 PM June 9th, 2016 Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
Drilon: Koko is next Senate president
8 June, 2016 at 17:14
Senate President Franklin Drilon has conceded the chamber’s leadership to Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III in the 17th Congress, saying he did it “for the sake of unity and stability.”
