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Despite being a partisan official, the speaker (or whoever is presiding) does not vote unless in breaking ties in accordance with the Rules of the House of Representatives. The current House speaker is Martin Romualdez of Leyte - 1st congressional district. He was elected as speaker on July 25, 2022, the first day of the 19th Congress .
Apr 19, 2024 · The Philippines takes its name from Philip II, who was king of Spain during the Spanish colonization of the islands in the 16th century. Because it was under Spanish rule for 333 years and under U.S. tutelage for a further 48 years, the Philippines has many cultural affinities with the West. The country was wracked by political turmoil in the ...
May 4, 2023 · Mr. Poling: Thank you, sir. I know it’s been a very long week and this is your last public event, so we are going to end it on time. That’s going to be the last question. Please, everybody, join me in thanking the president of the Republic of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Applause.)
Manuel L. Quezon. President Quezon of the Philippines, November 1942. Library of Congress. In 1904, while in the Philippines on his very first assignment out of West Point, Lieutenant Douglas ...
Jun 30, 2022 · 06/30/2022. Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, has been sworn in as Philippine president. Experts say his newfound popularity is the result of a decades-long campaign to improve ...
Sep 21, 2020 · The Philippines had its first confirmed Covid-19 case as early a s January 30, when a 38-year old Chinese woman from Wuhan, where the coronavirus is widely believed to ha ve originated , tested
The Con-Com was first to be presided over by Vice President Salvador H. Laurel until such time as it elected its own leaders. On June 2, 1986, the commission started its work and elected Cecilia Muñoz-Palma as President, former Senator Ambrosio B. Padilla as Vice President, and Veteran Journalist Napoleon G. Rama as Floor Leader.
