With its 36-month term made even more challenging by the term-sharing agreement for its top post, the House of Representatives under the 18th Congress is on a quest to make its colorful operations more efficient amid the division of the chamber's leadership posts among the majority coalition members. Around 4 weeks into the first regular session of the 18th Congress, the House of Representatives elected its 22nd deputy speaker—the most in the history of the chamber. Six of them are from the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan (PDP Laban): Representatives Ferdinand Hernandez, Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales, Johnny Pimentel, Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II, Dan Fernandez, and Rose Marie "Baby" Arenas. Five are from House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s party, the Nacionalista Party (NP_: Representatives LRay Villafuerte, Raneo Abu, Henry Oaminal, Vilma Santos Recto, and DV Savellano. Four are from the Party-List Coalition: Representatives … [Read more...] about SIDEBAR: All the Speaker’s men and women
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News How Erik Matti convinced Sharon Cuneta to do ‘Kuwaresma’
MANILA -- Multi-awarded writer-director Erik Matti returns to the horror genre with “Kwaresma,” an epic movie event that is the Mother’s Day offering of Reality Entertainment. Producer Dondon Monteverde and Matti, his business partner, singled out Sharon Cuneta to star in the film. She is paired for the first time with “Heneral Luna” actor John Arcilla. “Who else can we think of to be the iconic representation of Mother’s Day this coming May 15, than Sharon?” Matti said. Matti and Monteverde visited Cuneta one day in December during her Selecta TV commercial shoot in Makati to tell her about the project. In 15 minutes, the veteran singer-actress was convinced and immediately gave her nod to do “Kwaresma.” “When Sharon said yes, we locked her schedule and got 25 days for the shoot,” Matti shared. “Immediately, all the actors around her, we gave that schedule that everybody followed.” Watch more in iWant … [Read more...] about News How Erik Matti convinced Sharon Cuneta to do ‘Kuwaresma’