The scheduled meeting between Vietnamese President To Lam and Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, June 1, 2026 has been canceled. The Senate was set to host the Vietnamese leader but the Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB) announced to the media that Vietnam had called...
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano reiterated that the majority bloc’s proposed amendment to the Senate rules on remote participation is connected to the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, contrary to the allegations of the minority bloc. Cayetano explained that there is no...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has clarified that the Senate minority--dubbed SB-11 (Solid Bloc 11)--has no problem with debating on the chamber’s rules, only with railroading or "fastbreaking" the process. "Nothing is wrong about debating on any motion, resolution or measure. What is wrong is...
Embattled Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano announced on Friday, May 29 the creation of a Blue Ribbon Subcommittee that will continue the Upper Chamber’s investigation on the anomalous flood control projects. Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, one of the vice chairman assigned by the new majority bloc,...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, May 29 pushed back against Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s claim that the minority bloc “scampered out of the session hall” after a tensed debate on Senate rules. On the contrary, Lacson said it was the majority bloc who “scampered out of...
Members of the minority bloc walked out towards the end of the plenary session on Tuesday, May 26, after a tense argument over the proposal of Senator Rodante Marcoleta to amend the Senate rules and allow senators to participate in plenary sessions online. It was Marcoleta who proposed the...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Tuesday, May 26 finally brought comic relief to an embattled Senate even after denying reports he has joined the majority bloc. In a privilege speech, Lapid refuted reports circulating on social media that he has decided to join the Senate majority bloc when he...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said 489 families were affected when a massive fire razed hundreds of houses in Taguig on May 25. The Taguig City Fire Station reported that the blaze began in a house at Pulong Kendi 2, Kalye Onse, Barangay Sta. Ana, at about 5:51 p.m. The first alarm was raised at...
Despite the recent political tension that gripped the Upper Chamber, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano urged fellow senators—both from the majority and the minority—to focus on national priorities and help maintain an “independent Senate.” In a privilege speech on Monday, May 25,...
A massive fire razed hundreds of houses and left about 400 families homeless in Pulong Kendi, Barangay Sta. Ana, Taguig, on May 25. Mayor Lani Cayetano visited evacuees at the Taguig Integrated School Covered Court, which the city government designated as a temporary shelter. Barangay Sta....
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano 's description of the previous Duterte administration 's drug war as a "pro-life campaign" despite thousands of reported deaths didn 't sit well with Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante. “Let me remind SP Cayetano that we are...
The 11-member Senate Minority Bloc is not keen on supporting the possible return of Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero as Senate president. Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan admitted there were discussions, “but it was immediately shot down by the minority bloc.” “There were intermediaries,...
