‘Boy Gastos’: Mindoro solon is top spender in Congress Oriental Mindoro 2nd District Rep. Reynaldo Umali emerged as the number one member of the House of Representatives as far as spending taxpayers’ money is... READ FULL ARTICLE
Why Belmonte resorted to ‘text brigade’ The perennial lack of quorum forced House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. to lead a massive text brigade to compel House members to attend the two-week marathon plenary deliberations on the proposed P3.002-trillion national budget for 2016. An exasperated Belmonte admitted that this is the first time a call to quorum among the 289 elected lawmakers... READ FULL ARTICLE