Senator Loren Legarda hailed the third-reading approval of Senate Bill No. 1894, a measure that seeks to strengthen the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, or Republic Act No. 10931, by improving the implementation of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES). The proposed measure aims...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor 's cool and collected demeanor served as the perfect foil to Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste 's fiery and at times intimidating remarks in House plenary on Monday, May 11. Leviste, a neophyte...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday, May 12, that they were caught off guard by Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda’s sudden move to shift political alignment in the Senate. This was amid the leadership change on Monday, May 11, which led to Senate President Alan Peter...
Re-elected Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda on Tuesday, May 12 expressed readiness to buckle down to work as she vowed to work amicably with the newly-elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano, members of the majority bloc, as well as the minority bloc. “As Senate President Pro...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Janette Garin has shown that she is unbothered by the recent references to her and Dengvaxia, despite what her congressman-colleagues might think. Recently tagging Garin in Dengvaxia-related posts are "congressmeow" Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco...
House Deputy Speaker Bacolod City lone district Rep. Albee Benitez has cited Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste 's recent plenary rant against his own congressman-colleagues as a teachable moment for the younger crop pf lawmakers. For one thing, Benitez--in a recent...
Two deputy speakers from the House of Representatives have castigated Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste for making a sweeping allegation against his colleagues on the issue of vote-buying. Deputy Speakers La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has brushed off the criminal complaint filed against him and five other executives of Solar Para sa Bayan Corporation (SPSB/SPBC), calling it “super duper hina (super duper weak)". "The only information I have is what I got from the media, and...
Senator Loren Legarda has filed a resolution seeking a Senate inquiry into the implementation and distribution of government cash assistance and subsidy programs following reports of alleged discriminatory practices in Batangas. Under Proposed Senate Resolution No. 381, Legarda called on the...
Batangas-based solons have banded together to file a resolution formally condemning the supposed "baseless, malicious, and irresponsible" allegations made by Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste against Executive Secretary (ES) Ralph Recto and Governor Vilma Santos-Recto. House...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has claimed that he helped clinch the victory of Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto in the 2025 elections, and that the "Star For All Seasons" would have lost without his intervention. It is also because of this that the Rectos feel "threatened"...
Neophyte solon Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste found himself in the proverbial eye of the storm during plenary session Tuesday, May 5 after he irked several of his much older and more seasoned colleagues with his insinuations of impropriety. A quick headcount showed that Leviste...
