Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Friday, July 17 said the Senate Committee on Basic Education, which he chairs, will investigate the implementation of the P67-billion classroom construction program under the 2026 national budget to determine its status. Aquino made the commitment after...
Senator-judge Bam Aquino on Monday, July 13, pressed Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team to explicitly state whether she denied speaking to an alleged hitman to carry out killings in case something were to happen to her. During the fourth day of Duterte 's impeachment trial,...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday, July 13 was questioned over its failure to identify the person Vice President Sara Duterte had allegedly contracted to eliminate President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, and two other members of his family. Given the gravity of the...
Senators on Sunday, July 12 expressed confidence that the July 12, 2016 ruling of an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which invalidated China’s so-called “nine-dash line” and affirmed the Philippines’ sovereign rights to explore, explore and manage...
Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero told senator-judges that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte would move more quickly in the coming days after the proceedings on the first witness stretched for hours. Responding to an appeal from Senator Bam...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said on Sunday, July 5 that he will file a motion seeking the public release of all evidence presented during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Aquino expressed his intent a day before the start of the trial which would be on Monday, July 6....
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Monday, June 29 rejected Malacañang’s openness to restrict or ban violent video games following the school shooting in Tacloban City, saying they have become a convenient scapegoat whenever incidents of violence occur. Aquino explained that numerous studies...
Law enforcers and and private school administrators must immediately disseminate school safety hotlines and share reporting guidelines to facilitate the timely reporting and investigation of potential threats to schools. Thus, said Pinoy Workers Party-list Rep. Karl Legazpi, amid the perceived...
The House of Representatives is playing catch-up with the Senate when it comes to the proposed Citizen Access and Disclosure of Expenditures for National Accountability (CADENA) Act, a budget transparency measure. But Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Migz Villafuerte, whose committee is handling the...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has launched a new financial assistance program aimed at easing the cost of mandatory clinical and field-based training for students enrolled in allied health programs nationwide. The Allied Health Experiential Assistance for Deserving Students (AHEAD)...
Members of the Senate minority bloc on Friday, May 15, pressed for a thorough investigation of the unfortunate events that unfolded in the Senate over the past few days. For his part, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson called for the retrieval and thorough review of the close circuit television (CCTV)...
Senator Bam Aquino announced on Monday that 600 classrooms will be built in Manila under the 2026 national budget, as he thanked Manileños for giving him the highest votes in the city during the 2025 senatorial elections. During the regular flag-raising ceremony on Monday, May 11, Manila Mayor ...
