COURTESY CALL. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez extends a warm welcome to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian during the latter’s courtesy call at the Speaker’s Office in the House of Representatives Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. They held a brief discussion on the department’s programs to provide social protection for the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged sectors aligned with the “Bagong Pilipinas” vision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr..
SENATE CONCLUDES FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE 20TH CONGRESS 
GATCHALIAN ELECTED AS ACTING SENATE PRESIDENT 
CHIZ ARRIVES AT THE PLENARY, COMPLETES REQUIRED QUORUM OF 12 SENATORS 
HOUSE EXPELS CAVITE CONGRESSMAN KIKO BARZAGA 
PROPOSED P240 IMMIGRATION FEE FOR TRAVELERS STILL UNDER STUDY – PALACE 
116 SUSPECTS, FUGITIVES IN CENTRAL LUZON CAPTURED IN MONTH-LONG CIDG RFU 3 OPERATIONS 
ALLEGED SUBSTANDARD APPLIANCES SEIZED IN NUEVA ECIJA BUY-BUST 
SM SAN PEDRO JOINS BRIGADA ESKWELA 2026