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Enrile’s claims about Martial Law ‘revolting, insanely disgusting’ – lawmakers
Opposition lawmakers slam ex-defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile for deliberately attempting to distort the truth about Martial Law

Robredo, LP want Piñol, NFA's Aquino fired over rice crisis
To help address inflation and the rice shortage, Liberal Party stalwarts call for the passage of the Bawas Presyo bill, which would suspend the excise tax on fuel under the TRAIN law

PDEA chief insists magnetic lifters in Cavite contained shabu
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino tags as 'unfair' criticisms being hurled at him that he was wrong in announcing the magnetic lifters contained illegal drugs

PDEA urged to recant statement magnetic lifters contain P6.8-B shabu
But Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director Ruel Lasala said they still affirm the magnetic lifters were used to smuggle illegal drugs

House to probe P6.8-billion shabu smuggled from China, Taiwan
Opposition lawmakers Miro Quimbo and Gary Alejano slam the drug smuggling, calling it a 'big blow' to President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign

House coup in 2008 not a precedent for Suarez minority, says Quimbo
Marikina 2nd District Representative Miro Quimbo says a House journal proves the minority leader during the 2008 coup did not vote for the winning candidate for speaker then

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Trending: Suarez #FakeMinority
Netizens have a field day after the House of Representatives finally declared Quezon Representative Danilo Suarez as Minority leader

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No genuine House minority under Danilo Suarez, says Robredo
Vice President Leni Robredo says she trusts Marikina Representative Miro Quimbo, her party mate at the Liberal Party, will lead his bloc to be the 'real opposition' in the House

2 Supreme Court cases loom over Suarez's minority leadership
The blocs of ex-majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas and Marikina 2nd District Representative Miro Quimbo plan to file separate cases questioning the minority leadership of Quezon 3rd District Representative Danilo Suarez

Plenary vote will 'most likely' resolve House minority row
House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya says the 2017 Supreme Court ruling on the minority leadership states the SC 'cannot intervene in the procedural rules of the House'

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Liberal Party lawmakers claim they're real House minority
They say Quezon 3rd District Representative Danilo Suarez can no longer be minority leader since he voted for new House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Imee Marcos apologizes to House, Aquino over P100-M bribe claim
Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos admits she made the allegation against the Liberal Party and its chairman emeritus former president Benigno Aquino III out of mere suspicion

Being 'dilawan' in the Duterte-controlled House
Nearly a year into the Duterte presidency the Liberal Party that once controlled the House of Representatives is decimated – and divided

Higher excise tax on fuel to further burden poor – Quimbo
A P3 increase in diesel prices may lead to a P0 52 increase in minimum fare in jeepneys mostly used by wage earners

If LP exodus continues, party loses Commission on Appointments seat
With more LP lawmakers possibly jumping ship to PDP Laban it may soon lack the minimum 24 members required to maintain its slot in the CA
PDP-Laban welcomes 5 more ex-LP lawmakers
UPDATED In defending their departure from LP Representatives Geraldine Roman and Alfred Vargas say there is overwhelming support for President Rodrigo Duterte in their respective districts

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LP House majority won’t support Duterte, Robredo impeachment
2ND UPDATE Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo says this common consensus was reached during a meeting of 15 LP House majority caucus members with their party chair Vice President Leni Robredo

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Quimbo confident Alvarez will be prudent on impeachment complaint
LP stalwart and Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo says the House of Representatives should just focus on important legislation and not on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo

Impeachment complaints vs Duterte, Robredo 'doomed,' says LP leader
Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo says there are many smart lawmakers in the House who will refuse to be used in political infighting

Alvarez urged to endorse impeachment complaint vs Robredo
Marcos loyalists Oliver Lozano and Melchor Chavez the complainants accuse Vice President Leni Robredo of betraying public trust But LP stalwart and Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo slams the complaint as baseless

LP not providing replacements for ousted House committee heads
LP secretary general Jose Christopher Belmonte says it is heartwarming that none of the party s lawmakers are willing to take the place of their ousted colleagues

4 death penalty votes that surprised us
Some representatives voted contrary to their previous public statements or their party stand What made them change their mind?

DOF eyeing tax exemption for annual income below P250,000
Marikina 2nd District Representative Miro Quimbo says this proposal is already a great victory for tax reform advocates

The Liberal Party and realpolitik in the House
Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo explains what it s like being member of the Liberal Party under a Duterte controlled House of Representatives After elections from close to a hundred members were reduced to 32

Quimbo doesn't see LP leaving House coalition
Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo says the supposed plot against President Rodrigo Duterte is all hogwash

DOH chief opposes bill on 2-tier cigarette tax
Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial says most of the members of the Duterte Cabinet support unitary taxation on cigarettes

Quimbo: Political will in drug war should also be applied in taxation
Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo says taxation just like the war on drugs is an issue of corruption that the government is capable of addressing

Imposing vanity tax 'discriminatory’ vs women – Quimbo
House Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo says excise tax is usually imposed on luxury items or those that pose health risks neither of which apply on beauty products and services

Rappler Talk: Miro Quimbo on tax reform
What are the effects of the Duterte administration s tax reform programs? Marikina 2nd District Representative Miro Quimbo explains

House of Representatives: 10 biggest moments in 2016
From congressmen in near fistfight to the hours long drama of the Bilibid drugs probe here are the top newsmakers at the House of Representatives in 2016

Trump victory to affect BPO industry, OFWs – PH lawmakers
UPDATED Several congressmen say US President elect Donald Trump might take BPO jobs back to America as well as have illegal Filipino migrants deported

LOOK: The 12 Deputy Speakers of the 17th Congress
The House leadership appoints 7 more deputy speakers as the 17th Congress prepares for a shift to federalism

House deputy speakers open to drug testing for lawmakers
For now the House Majority Floor Leader says lawmakers or House employees who wish to undergo drug testing may do so on their own

House has 'no jurisdiction' over mayor-turned-congressman on Duterte list
Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo also says House leaders have yet to discuss their plans should the President accuse an incumbent lawmaker of involvement in drugs

House leaders: Marcos' burial will not wash away sins of martial law
Kung akala ng mga tao ay nagbibigay ito ng katahimikan sa mga kasong dapat kaharapin ng mga Marcos nagkakamali sila says House Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo

Quimbo wants to lower corporate income tax to 25%
Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo also authors a measure seeking to adjust individual income tax to inflation

Congress vows to 'work day and night' as Constituent Assembly
The deputy speakers say the House of Representatives can its working hours so members can equally focus on legislation and amending the 1987 Constitution

Belmonte eyed to lead new House committee on West PH Sea
House Majority Floor Leader Rudy Fariñas hopes former Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr s strong sense of nationalism will make him accept the job
Ex-Gloria Arroyo allies nab top posts in House
The House Speaker Minority Floor Leader and a Deputy Speaker once held appointive positions when Gloria Arroyo was still president

Belmonte drops bid for House minority leader
Days before the start of the 17th Congress a majority of LP members in the Lower House are set to join PDP Laban s supermajority bloc

Inside Balay: Who's who in the Roxas campaign
It s a mix of family members former and current government officials and LP and coalition stalwarts

In Manila, Roxas supporters also cheer on Santiago during debate
I think people will also find it funny because Miriam was really hitting most of the time Vice President Binay says the Liberal Party s Miro Quimbo

LP Senate sweep? ‘Unlikely,’ says campaign manager
Still Marikina Representative Miro Quimbo hopes for a repeat of the 2013 senatorial polls where the ruling party’s bets won 10 out of 12 seats

Tax Incentives and Management Act now a law
UPDATED The law aims to monitor and evaluate tax incentives granted by government to the private sector
