ILOILO CITY – Ilonggos have criticized West Visayas State University (WVSU) for giving the Presidential Service Award to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano in the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Awards on Tuesday, June 16. “Paano naging PRAISE award ‘yung gumagawa ng...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has accepted the end of his tenure as Senate President, while vowing to continue pursuing what he described as the truth behind alleged irregularities in government flood-control spending. In a post on Facebook ahead of an expected leadership transition in the Senate in...
For Senator Panfilo Lacson, the Senate crisis is not caused by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano; in fact, he is the crisis himself. He said this on Tuesday, June 16, after the Cayetano bloc filed a petition before the Supreme Court to "restore themselves to power", so the high court would have enough...
Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson thus rejected on Tuesday claims of "undeclared martial law" by some minority senators to the security survey and inspection (SSI) of the Senate premises by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection, assisted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Amid growing speculation over shifting alliances in the Senate, Senator Erwin Tulfo claimed on Tuesday, June 16, that Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is trying to prevent two senators, including one from Mindanao, from leaving their bloc. Tulfo said this in a DZBB interview when asked if Senator Joel...
It 's imperative for the Senate to resolve its leadership squabble before the start of Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial--and the chamber has the opportunity to do this in the special session on June 17. House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky...
The August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM) has rejected Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s move to compare his bloc’s political struggle in the Senate to the late opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. against the Marcos dictatorship, saying his move, at the very least is “laughable, at the very...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 10, said the ongoing Senate leadership dispute reflects a broader lack of direction in government, criticizing what she described as “weak” leadership from Malacañang. Speaking to reporters in General Santos City, Duterte said the controversy in...
Acting Senate President and Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, June 10, formally assumed responsibility for signing financial and administrative documents needed to release employee benefits and fund Senate offices. In an interview, Gatchalian told reporters that he has...
Senate President Pro Tempore and Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian announced on Tuesday, June 9 a remote work set-up for the Upper Chamber’s employees from Wednesday to Friday this week to pave way for a security assessment within the Senate’s premises in light of a potential security...
The interaction between First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano at a reception dinner was "just friendly talks," Malacañang said. Cayetano and the First Lady were spotted engaged in a conversation during a dinner reception organized by the Federation of Filipino-Chinese...
Senator Raffy Tulfo disputed claims made by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano that there are effectively “two Senates,” saying such remarks were very wrong, insisting that the current Senate leadership bloc is legitimate under established legal and institutional precedents. Tulfo said the assertion...
