'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The Philippines, referred to as Asia’s bastion of Christianity, celebrates semana santa this April 2022. This is the first Lenten season which allows in-person religious gatherings and the conduct of other religious traditional activities since the first...
Government should act fast to stop Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from being addicted to the multi-billion-peso ‘e-sabong’ (online cockfighting) operations, Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday, April 11 said. The country’s OFWs, described as the Philippines’ modern heroes, contribute nine...
Senator Francis Tolentino has endorsed the candidacies of reelectionist Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III, vice mayoral bet John Peter Marzan, and their party-mates under the Team Action Isang Pateros (AIP) coalition. “It is my honor to support the candidacy of Mayor Ike Ponce of Pateros and all of...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino on Sunday welcomed the Department of Education’s (DepEd) decision to allow the conduct of limited face-to-face graduation ceremonies in low-risk areas amid the declining number of Covid-19 infections in the country. The DepEd recently announced that in-person...
TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino A graduation is a once-in-a-lifetime moment. It is a milestone to be celebrated in the presence of one’s family, teachers, and peers. It is a celebration that showcases not only the accomplishments of students, but also the educational institution’s...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday, March 21 chided the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) for allegedly failing to withhold the 20 percent tax from the winning profits of online cockfighting ("e-sabong") operations. "So ang lumalabas...
The Senate Committee on Sports has been asked to cite the board members of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) in contempt for “disobeying” the Senate Committee on Sport’s order to amicably settle its differences with Philippine Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John...
TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino What do the Backstreet Boys, Kobe Bryant, Taylor Swift, the Binibining Pilipinas beauty pageant, and traditional sabong have in common? Their events were held at the Araneta Coliseum. This coliseum is one of the largest indoor arenas in Asia. Sabong...
Pro-administration Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino on Friday, March 11 said the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) could have violated the law because they allowed the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to issue online cockfight or...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino A decade in the making, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the world’s largest free-trade agreement that took effect for most member countries on Jan. 1, 2022. The RCEP promotes a free and open market that would provide greater...
Senator Francis Tolentino wants stricter monitoring of e-wallet services such as G-Cash and PayMaya as they could be used to launder money and to finance terrorist activities, he said during a Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs inquiry into the 34 missing sabongeros (cockfighting...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino on Friday, March 4 questioned the decision of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to seek legal guidance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and leave out the Congress on the issue of “e-sabong” operations in the country. Tolentino,...
