Senator Francis Tolentino believes that the reopening of cockpits or cockfighting arenas will put to an end to operations of "e-sabong" or online cockfighting, which is now being linked to controversy following the disappearances of dozens of individuals involved in the industry. Senator Francis...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday said the country must brace for the economic impact of the Ukraine-Russia crisis by beefing up current measures. According to Tolentino, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the National Security Council (NSC) should come up with a game plan...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Wednesday said the government should consider giving COVID-19 vaccines to inbound foreign visitors to further boost the Philippine’s local tourism industry that is badly hit by the pandemic. Tolentino noted that many tourist hotspots across the globe have already...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino On Feb. 8, 2022, Tuesday, proclamation rallies held in different provinces of the archipelago echoed as starting guns to signal the dawn of the 2022 election race. Although the aspirants had been constantly in the public’s eye voicing out their vision and...
Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino on Wednesday, Jan. 9 advised the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to create its own legal division in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tolentino said this division would review the legality of such rules before making them public to avoid confusion. This...
Senator Francis Tolentino has urged President Duterte to appoint three Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioners to replace those who have retired. Tolentino said there is a need for a full complement of officials at the poll body because of the heavy load related to the May 2022 national and...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino It is said that the wave of the COVID-19 virus would forever change the way we live our everyday lives. As the economy set to a halt for the first months of the enhanced community quarantine back in 2020, employers set out to establish remote working...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday expressed his opposition to the proposed measure that seeks to declare June 21 of every year as a special non-working holiday in Tagaytay City. Drilon said he strongly opposes the imposition of a special non-working holiday in Tagaytay City as it...
Administration Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday said the bill that seeks to protect an employee’s “rest hours” and prevent him from taking up tasks and meetings that cut his personal time due to a work-from-home arrangement is necessary to keep the country’s workforce more productive....
Voting 23-0, the Senate approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8930, which seeks the creation of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority (MDDA). Sen. Francis Tolentino, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government and sponsor of the measure, said the establishment of the MDDA...
Technology is changing everything in our world. How is it changing our food? We turn to our favorite chefs for answers I think technology will facilitate easier access to food, hence the success of the delivery apps. There are definitely more ingenious ways we can use technology to advance food and...
Senator Francis Tolentino is seeking to amend a law to ensure that government consultants and advisors will be appointed based on merit and their fitness for the position. Former presidential adviser and businessman Michael Yang attends the Senate's virtual hearing about the Department of Health's...
