Rappler's latest stories on supermajority
Cayetano wants lawmakers to join the 'Die-hard Duterte Supermajority'
'DDSM,' the presumptive Speaker's chosen name for the House majority bloc, seems to be a play on 'DDS,' the name embraced by President Rodrigo Duterte's loyalists
#ThewRap: Videos to watch this week, March 26 - April 1, 2018
From rolling away "stones of sin" to threats against media to an exclusive video on violent rituals in the police academy
When politics and principles clash on the death penalty
18 lawmakers who voted no to the RH bill under the 15th Congress voted yes to the death penalty measure under the 17th Congress How did the Church mobilize against the two controversial measures?
When the House whips go to work for the death penalty
PART 2: Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas leads the charge to whip the votes and bring back the death penalty in the country a pet bill of President Rodrigo Duterte
What happened behind closed doors to the death penalty bill
PART 1: Lawmakers are initially ambivalent about their stance on the death penalty bill but a few tweaks on its provisions finally convince them to support the measure
Will LP bolt House majority? Decision after death penalty vote
UPDATED Liberal Party stalwarts say their party mates are willing to lose their House leadership titles should they vote against the controversial death penalty measure
The clock is ticking on anti-death penalty lawmakers
House rules state every lawmaker has the right to speak for an hour in a plenary debate but after a recent majority ruling anti death penalty congressmen now have fewer minutes on the floor
Congressmen's compromise: No mandatory penalty of death in bill
Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas says majority congressmen agreed to give judges the option to punish perpetrators of heinous crimes with either life imprisonment or death
Alvarez warned: You'll lose allies over arm-twisting on death penalty
Buhay Representative Lito Atienza says Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is trampling on the principles of House leaders by insisting on a pro death penalty vote
Alvarez: House leaders vs death penalty will be replaced
[Ang] mga deputy speakers [at committee chairpersons] na di sasama sa administration bill papalitan po natin says Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez
Alvarez ‘very confident’ House will pass death penalty bill
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez says the House leadership will not resort to arm twisting to get congressmen to support the proposed reimposition of capital punishment in the country
House of Representatives: 10 biggest moments in 2016
From congressmen in near fistfight to the hours long drama of the Bilibid drugs probe here are the top newsmakers at the House of Representatives in 2016
Lagman: House lacks numbers to restore death penalty
But Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez tells the public to wait when congressmen finally vote on the death penalty bill during plenary saying I ll take care of it
LP stays in House supermajority after Robredo resignation
Marikina City Representative Miro Quimbo says this was the direction given to LP congressmen by Vice President Leni Robredo herself
Liberal Party urged to leave House supermajority
Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman says LP breaking away from PDP Laban will energize efforts to oppose policies that are unconstitutional and not in the people s best interests
'Nothing illegal' with Marcos burial – supermajority lawmakers
Deputy Speaker Eric Singson doubts the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos would be exhumed saying Filipinos regard burials as sacred
Alvarez: Congress will suspend habeas corpus only if Duterte justifies it
Kung talaga namang kinakailangan bakit hindi ilulusot? At kung hindi naman kailangan talagang hindi lulusot iyan As I’ve said before hindi naman tayo rubber stamp ng Malacañang says House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez
Lawmakers warn vs abuse of power under Constituent Assembly
A [Constituent] Assembly under a supermajority in both chambers of Congress is like having zombies to rewrite our Constitution says Akbayan Representative Tom Villarin
Belmonte drops bid for House minority leader
Days before the start of the 17th Congress a majority of LP members in the Lower House are set to join PDP Laban s supermajority bloc
