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In the 18th Congress of the Philippines, the parties supporting President Rodrigo Duterte disputed the speakership, Alan Peter Cayetano of the Nacionalista Party, Lord Allan Jay Velasco of PDP–Laban, and the National Unity Party's (NUP) Paolo Duterte emerged as the front-runners to be speaker. The president pushed for a term-sharing agreement ...
The start of the 2018 State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, 2018, was delayed by almost half an hour [12] after the House of Representatives informally convened to install Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as House Speaker, with 161 members voting for her appointment.
Former vice mayor and 2019 candidate Jose Fabian Cadiz was initially nominated by the Nationalist People's Coalition to run in Fernando's place. However, Cadiz died on February 20, 2022, less than three months before the election. His party nominated his nephew, Jose Miguel Cadiz to run in his place.
A joint session of Philippines Congress on Wednesday declared Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the notorious late dictator, the winner of this month's election and confirmed he would ...
The 2022 Philippine general election took place on May 9, 2022, for the executive and legislative branches of government at every level – national, provincial, and local – except for the barangay officials.
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines.It is bicameral, composed of an upper body, the Senate, and a lower body, the House of Representatives, [3] although colloquially, the term "Congress" commonly refers to just the latter.
92 NUP 36 NPC 33 Nacionalista 32 PFP 10 Liberal 10 Others 40 Party-list election All 63 seats under the party-list system Party Current seats ACT-CIS 3 1-Rider 2 Tingog 2 4Ps 2 Ako Bikol 2 SAGIP 2 Others 48 Incumbent Speaker Martin Romualdez Lakas Politics of the Philippines Government Constitution of the Philippines Charter Change Laws Legal codes Taxation Executive President of the ...
The Congress’ notable achievement was the ratification of Philippine Independence when it was declared on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite. [4] The Malolos Congress’ convened at the Barasoain church during the subsequent inauguration of Emilio Aguinaldo and the inauguration of the Malolos Constitution in 1898. [5]