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LOOK: Quezon City congressman Sonny Belmonte resigns from LP
The 3rd-term congressman, who was House Speaker during the time of President Benigno Aquino III, says he is preparing for a 'quiet retirement' from politics
Belmonte to LP: ‘Unfair’ to accuse Arroyo of vindictiveness over Abads
(UPDATED) Quezon City 4th District Representative Sonny Belmonte has already resigned from the Liberal Party as he is retiring from politics
Baby Arenas is new Batanes caretaker in House
(UPDATED) Deputy Speaker Baby Arenas is replacing Quezon City 4th District Representative Feliciano Belmonte Jr as caretaker of the lone district of Batanes
Sonny Belmonte will stick with LP, says daughter Joy
Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte says her father Quezon City 4th District Representative Sonny Belmonte will retire from politics as a Liberal Party member in 2019
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
Duterte, National ID, Mendoza | 6PM wRap
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LP to seal coalition with PDP-Laban ‘by next week’ – Alvarez
LP member Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat Jr says the Liberal Party members will finalize their decision in a meeting on July 14
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Belmonte happy with 'milestone' laws under speakership
Many of them are laws that have been pending since forever outgoing Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr says of the measures passed under his watch
Belmonte: 'Zero' chances for Duterte impeachment
Outgoing House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr says it s just a matter of time before President elect Rodrigo Duterte meets with Vice President elect Leni Robredo
LP to join PDP-Laban coalition 'eventually' – Belmonte
Incoming Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez says he is confident PDP Laban – and in effect Duterte – will be able to have a super majority in Congress with the support of Speaker Belmonte
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Ruling party pays tribute to LP great Jovito Salonga
LP stalwarts including party standard bearer Mar Roxas pay tribute to one of the country s most esteemed statesmen
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
Wooing QC: Unopposed allies, local leaders key for LP
But even if Quezon City officials don yellow clinching the nod of the vote rich city might not be that easy for the LP tandem
Leni Robredo gave informal consent to be Roxas' VP – Belmonte
But Speaker Sonny Belmonte says the Camarines Sur Representative is still talking it over with her 3 daughters who are against a vice presidential run for their mother
Drawing the line? Mar Roxas on Grace Poe's 'announcement'
If she doesn t want to be part of the Daang Matuwid that s her decision says administration standard bearer Mar Roxas
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No looming Liberal Party split – Belmonte
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr said there are several factors in choosing LP’s standard bearer but survey results are important
Drilon on LP, Vatican tribunal, highest paid athletes | 6PM wRap
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Mar in 2016, Quevedo on Marcos, Apple WWDC 2015 | 6PM wRap
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Aquino on Mamasapano, Germanwings pilot, Mayweather-Pacquiao | The wRap
President Aquino asks for ‘understanding A pilot on the Germanwings plane that crashed was not in the cockpit The Mayweather Pacquiao fight will be on free TV
Aquino tells lawmakers: I asked Purisima to loop in Espina
UPDATED Aquino felt he was lied to about details on the Mamasapano clash lawmakers say
VP Binay no longer most trusted PH official – poll
UPDATED President Benigno Aquino III enjoys majority trust and approval ratings while Vice President Jejomar Binay s numbers continue to plunge says pollster Pulse Asia
Senate agenda: Child hunger and malnutrition
The latest national nutrition survey shows little progress in ending hunger among Filipino children
Belmonte: Aquino to have emergency powers before 2014 ends
It would be safer if Congress puts to law the President’s emergency power and have a certain margin that we can actually control says the House Speaker
Belmonte to court: Arroyo suspension in House agenda
The matter can only be tackled when Congress ends its 3 week break on October 20
Light at the end of the FOI tunnel
Who knows if the next president will be less scrupulous than the sitting President? FOI is arguably Noynoy Aquino’s greatest legacy to the Philippines
Palace: Ducut suspension possible
Malacañang says Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Zenaida Ducut a holdover official from the Arroyo administration also has the option of resigning voluntarily
Rappler Newscast | January 13, 2014
“More pronounced” disapproval ratings for Drilon Belmonte and Sereno in new survey Landslides hit Mindanao Thai protesters occupy Bangkok streets
Senate open to charter change in 2014
Drilon is open to Belmonte s moves to change the Constitution but will President Aquino give the proposal his political backing?
Aquino to endorse P14B PDAF as disaster fund
The supplemental budget says Senate President Drilon has to pass before the national budget expires in 5 weeks or it will revert to the national treasury
Rappler Newscast | September 30, 2013
DSWD allocates P99 5m to rebuild Zamboanga City Drilon and Belmonte: additional funds weren t incentive Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be made saints at a joint ceremony
FOI by 2016? We will surprise senators, House says
The House Speaker is in favor of the concept of right of reply – which media practitioners have opposed – but says it should be proposed as a separate bill
P10M for solons after Corona trial – Speaker
But Belmonte says there s nothing irregular with the releases which came from DPWH savings and given to congressmen 3 months after the Chief Justice s conviction
New 'pork' rule: P24.5M maximum infra per solon
This represents a decrease from the P40 million that each congressman used to have for infrastructure projects under the PDAF system
Palace submits to House a budget heavy on social services
The biggest chunk – P842 8 B – of the proposed 2014 budget goes to social services sector The CCT program expands to include high school students
Close race in House for Minority leader
In the House of Representatives the real race is in the minority
Belmonte still Speaker; Zamora new House Minority Leader
UPDATED San Juan Rep Ronaldo Zamora wins a tight race for the minority post beating Leyte Rep Ferdinand Martin Romualdez
Enrile: Reports on pork selective, incomplete
Enrile says the COA must release its full report on the pork barrel to avoid allegations it is used for politics
‘Term-limit extension will kill Cha-cha initiative’
Moves to lift term limits will kill a Cha cha initiative meant to attract foreign investment says House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II
Aquino ally pushes for Charter change
Incoming Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr files a Charter change resolution seeking to amend provisions regarding foreign ownership
Speaker: Benaldo shot himself
The controversial congressman is now in stable condition
Aquino swears in 80 allies in Senate, House
Six weeks after the midterm elections President Aquino leads the oath taking of his allies in Malacañang
House scrambles to pass bills on last session day
Congress ratifies the bicameral report on the expansion of science and technology scholarships and other priority bills on the last session day
Vetoed bills: 'Better coordination' needed
Speaker Belmonte says there is a need for better coordination between the legislative and executive branches
Pacquiao, Imelda Marcos wealthiest House members
Las Piñas City Rep Mark Villar s net worth increases by P200 M
Belmonte ‘shoo-in’ for Speaker post
All key political parties in the House say he s the hands down choice
Jun Lozada: Why is Arroyo's man still in power?
Lozada explains the ties that bind his accuser to President Aquino
SC order a temporary setback - lawmakers
Lawmakers are confident the High Court will eventually uphold the constitutionality of the law
