Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday, September 19 stressed the need to have specialized homegrown lawyers who would handle international and commercial arbitrations. In today’s public hearing on the budget for the Judiciary by the Senate finance committee chaired by Senator Juan Edgardo M....
Senator Francis Tolentino has expressed his support for the postponement of the December 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. The postponement is embodied in Senate Bill 1306 under Committee Report No. 4 of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation...
Senator Francis Tolentino, a member of the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA), on Wednesday, September 14 pleaded with the Department of Interior and Local government (DILG) that Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) cadets should be recognized as government employees. ` Tolentino made...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended that administrative and criminal charges be filed against former Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian and three former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) officials who were involved in the botched release of the controversial Sugar Order...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, September 7 said the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee should first review the Zoom recording of the meeting that transpired last August 4 between officials of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) officials and President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr....
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri today September 6 thanked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chaired by Senator Francis Tolentino for a "a job well done." "He handled the hearing with professionalism, Napakabilis na nakuha ang mga detalye sa witnesses (He got the details from witnesses very...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Friday, September 2, slammed Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda for saying that the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/New Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF) is "not an enemy of the State." ‘’Senator Legarda is a friend and I respect...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Monday, August 29 said "dialogue, diplomacy, and good neighborliness" are keys to solving Philippine-China territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). "The solution depends on that. But we have to also be ready to have a long time...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Friday, August 26 challenged Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman and Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) Executive Director Dennis Santiago to fix the agency and try to prevent it from being abolished. Pimentel...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, August 25 said he does not believe that the immediate abolition of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Services (DBM-PS) would solve the corruption issues hounding the agency. Among the senators who believe the DBM-PS should be abolished...
Several witnesses or resource speakers want to appear physically before the joint public hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 23, of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee on the sugar importation mess to clear their names, Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino, Blue Ribbon...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino Last Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, I filed my bill on The Philippine Nuclear Regulation Act of 2022. It aims to regulate and promote the nuclear energy industry in the Philippines by providing for a regulatory framework on its control, use, and application. This...
