TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino Article V of our 1987 Constitution provides that suffrage – the right to vote – may be exercised by all citizens of the Philippines not otherwise disqualified by law, who are at least eighteen (18) years of age, and who shall have resided: (i) in the...
For vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, her "greatest asset" is neither has to do with smarts nor skills. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) It's what's she calls "tibay ng puso", or literally, the resilience of her...
Senator Francis Tolentino strongly suggested Thursday, April 28 to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) that they hold the May 9 elections and Covid-19 vaccinations at the same time. This would afford millions of voters the chance to be vaccinated before or...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino on Thursday, April 28 lauded Malacañang after President Duterte signed into law a bill that seeks to institutionalize the creation of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority (MDDA). Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government and...
TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino On April 22, 2022, the Department of Health (DOH) issued Department Memorandum No. 2022-0154, which provides for the Interim Operational Guidelines on the administration of second Covid-19 vaccine booster doses to Immuno-compromised Population (ICPs) ages 18...
Still, proceed with caution. The virus has not gone away. Here’s a piece of advice from experts in travel, retail, dining, drinking, and clubbing, fashion, finance, arts and cultural activities, and other fields to help us surely and safely reclaim life as we used to know it. * Love Marie...
The support base of UniTeam tandem of former senator Bongbong Marcos and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte just received a "blast from the past". Senator Francis Tolentino (center) leads a "unity pose" with his fellow UNIDO members at the Manila Yacht Club on April 23, 2022 (Photo from Senator Francis...
TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino On Jan. 17, 2022, the President approved the progressive expansion of face-to-face classes. Later, the Interagency Task Force for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) issued guidelines on this progressive expansion to make the Philippine education...
It will be up to the next Congress to set guidelines regulating the multi-billion peso ‘e-sabong’ (online cockfighting) operations, Senator Francis Tolentino on Wednesday, April 20 said. This would-be measure would make it clear which government agency would supervise and set the rules on...
Senator Francis Tolentino said there was a gross violation of a Catholic Church tradition when the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) allowed the holding of ‘e-sabong’ (cockfighting) games last Good Friday. In today’s hybrid public hearing by the Senate public order and...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday welcomed the Commission on Audit’s (COA) report on Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena’s liquidation issues saying the agency’s finding has finally put a closure to the valuable athlete’s problems. In a letter sent by COA to the Philippine Sports Commission...
Senator Francis Tolentino said he is elated to learn the decision of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to intensify its Covid-19 vaccination drive saying this would not only fast track the government’s main goal of achieving herd immunity, but...
