The House of Representatives will resume plenary sessions tomorrow, Monday, May 8, in the afterglow of President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.'s five-day United States (US) visit wherein he secured $1.3 billion worth of investment pledges.
The House of Representatives will resume plenary sessions tomorrow, Monday, May 8, in the afterglow of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s five-day United States visit wherein he secured $1.3 billion worth of investment pledges.
Speaker Martin Romualdez, head honcho of the House, arguably played a key part in the success of the trip, having been in the US since mid-April to pave the way for the Filipino leader's arrival by meeting up with American lawmakers. This means that the House has less than a month to make headway on the remaining eight out of the 31 priority measures of the Marcos administration as identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council .
These are the House Committee on Dangerous Drug's investigation on the Oct. 8, 2022 Manila drug bust involving "ninja cops," dismissed police master sergeant Rodolfo Mayo Jr. While the House Committee on Agriculture and Food is yet to conclude its probe on the agricultural hoarding-slash-price manipulation issue, which Romualdez himself ordered as a way to find out what caused prices of onions to skyrocket in late 2022.
The controversial Teves, who is out of the country, was suspended for "disorderly behavior" by the House for 60 calendar days last March 15.
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