Was Duterte “Tricked” Into Endorsing Cayetano As House Speaker?
Before I get bashed by Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano’s supporters, let me make it clear that my role here is just to chronicle the off-line conversations that I hear. Late …
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Romualdez House Speakership Is Now Inevitable
As I expected, PDP Laban’s clay feet appears to be crumbling and dashing hopes of making Marinduque Congressman Lord Allan Jay Velasco the next House Speaker. Senator Manny Pacquiao’s bold …
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Bahala Na Si Lord (Allan Jay Velasco)?
Towards the end of my previous post on the ongoing “race” for House Speaker, I quoted a political observer’s disgust over the behavior of PDP Laban senator Manny Pacquiao who …
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PDP Laban TORN by Pacquiao’s Declaration of House Speaker Nominee
Senator Manny Pacquiao’s announcement that PDP Laban was backing Marinduque representative Lord Allan Jay Velasco as House Speaker seems to have TORN apart the single largest party in the House …
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House Speaker Race, Still A Free for All or Is It?
The last of June’s hot and muggy days will soon give way to July and the inaugural session of the 18th Congress, where a new House Speaker will be welcome …
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Party List Coalition Will Continue To be Weak With Cong. Mikee Romero
Honestly, I was a bit intrigued by the development that Party Lists had formed a coalition amongst themselves. But, upon seeing that billionaire Congressman Mikee Romero was its president, I …
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Cong. Mikee Romero Demands 20 percent of House Committee Chairmanships for Partylist Coalition
I’ve been an observer of leadership contests in the House of Representatives for a little over two decades now and I can tell you that gathering signatures of support or …
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Mikee Romero’s Party List Block is Really a Selfish Bid for Majority Leader
A Palace insider tells me that when President Rodrigo Duterte said that the Party list system was evil, he was actually referring to Congressman Mikee Romero of 1-Pacman Party list …
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