“It’s Showtime” hosts Vice Ganda and Vhong Navarro poked fun at Sen. Robin Padilla during a recent episode of the noontime show, with a joke that appeared to reference the controversy surrounding the senator’s legislative credentials. It started when Vice compared Vhong’s outfit to the...
Senator Robinhood Padilla has filed a bill seeking stiffer penalties for government personnel who knowingly provide false statements or fabricated evidence during congressional inquiries. Senate Bill No. 610, or the proposed “Truthful Congressional Inquiry Act,” would impose up to 10 years in...
Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla is seeking to penalize individuals who deliberately provide false addresses to prevent respondents from receiving subpoenas and allow preliminary investigations to proceed without their participation. Under Senate Bill No. 1957, Padilla proposed imprisonment of...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla on Wednesday, August 5, linked the Department of Education (DepEd), in charge of basic education in the Philippines from kindergarten up to senior high school, to back his claim of communist recruitment from universities. Padilla said this during his questioning of...
Senator Robin Padilla on Tuesday, July 28, pushed for the prioritization of improving transportation in the Bicol Region, saying residents still endure long travel times even as the government pursues plans to develop the country 's space program. During his manifestation in the Senate...
Malacañang has shrugged off the decision of several senators to skip President Marcos ' fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27, saying their absence would not affect the administration. Speaking to reporters at the Batasang Pambansa before the President 's annual...
Senator Robin Padilla on Monday, July 27, stood by his view that prosecutors in the impeachment trial should not be "one-sided". Asked if he still believes the prosecution should avoid being one-sided, Padilla replied in the affirmative. "Of course. Di naman ako ang may imbento nun. Ang may...
Robin Padilla has finally addressed Angel Locsin 's open letter criticizing his political views, but instead of firing back, the actor-turned-senator said he chose understanding over confrontation. Speaking in an interview with Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), Padilla said he and...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla 's old-fashioned insult toward House prosecutors Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima earned him a dignified--but still punchy--response from Ridon. The tit-for-tat stemmed from Padilla comments on the...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon doesn 't see anything wrong or offensive with House lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro’s act of asking a question to Senator-judge Robin Padilla for the sake of clarity. Nonetheless, Ridon, himself a prosecutor...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that if anybody in the Senate impeachment court has to be bias-free or neutral, it 's the senator-judges. Garin gave this general reminder to the public following Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial Wednesday,...
After his controversial "one-sided" remark, Sen. Robin Padilla on Thursday, July 23, stressed that justice "must remain neutral," a day after a tense exchange with the House prosecution panel during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a Facebook post, Padilla addressed House...
