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The Philippine House Committee on Ways and Means, or House Ways and Means Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.
As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction is on the fiscal, monetary and financial affairs of the national government including tariff, taxation, revenues, borrowing, credit and bonded indebtedness. [1]
In the afternoon of June 15, 2025, 61-year-old Mauricio "Morie" Pulhin, the committee's Technical Staff director, was attending his daughter's birthday party in a gated subdivision in Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City when two motorcycle-riding assailants drove by and shot him at close range. Although he was rushed to the Far Eastern University – Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, he was pronounced dead upon arrival. [2] Police officials noted that based on evidence, the shooting was carefully planned out by the assailants. [3]
House Speaker Martin Romualdez issued a statement the next day denouncing the "brutal act of violence in the strongest possible terms" and called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation. [4]
On June 24, police authorities separately arrested two of the seven [5] suspected perpetrators of Pulhin's assassination, with one of the suspects, an alleged middleman given the alias "Balong", testifying that an unmarried couple were behind the attack. [6] [7] Balong claimed that Pulhin was targeted due to his intention to file charges of estafa and theft against the couple. [8]
As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .Sa inisyal na imbestigasyon ng PNP, lumabas na pinag-aralan nang maigi ng mga salarin ang pamamaril.
Balong is one of the first two suspects arrested by QCPD and is among the seven individuals now facing murder charges filed before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office.
