A bill proposing an increase of P100 in the daily minimum wage for private sector workers in the entire country, which is estimated to benefit over 4.2 million minimum wage earners is up for plenary deliberations in the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sponsors Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2534 which...
Senators are proposing stiffer penalties and even jail time to players, coaches and others who will be involved in game fixing schemes. Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go says the Committee on Sports is studying a proposal that aims to institute a law against game fixing and promote...
Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. has filed a resolution seeking to look into the proliferation of large-scale billboards in major thoroughfares as they may pose dangers to road users. MB file photo In Senate Resolution No. 924, Revilla said that LED billboards cause distractions to people...
The Senate adopted on Tuesday, Feb. 6, a resolution commending the FIBA Local Organizing Committee (LOC), the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as well as the private sector, and all government agencies and instrumentalities for the successful hosting of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup....
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said that the Senate will not rush its review of the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, placing importance on transparency and accountability in the ongoing discussions surrounding the proposed amendments. Majority Leader Joel Villanueva...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla believes that settling the issue of whether both houses should vote jointly or separately in amending the 1987 Constitution can end the long-running word war between the Senate and House of Representatives. Padilla said that his Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 can be...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution that seeks to investigate road accidents caused by the mishandling and improper maintenance of live wires and unattended wires. In filing Senate Resolution (SR) No. 922, Tulfo noted that there has been an alarming increase in road accidents nationwide...
FINDING ANSWERS “I believe the children are our future/teach them well and let them lead the way...” The first lines of the famous song — The Greatest Love of All — popularized in 1986 by the late Whitney Houston speaks of a universal truth: The future lies in the hands of today’s...
Senators on Monday, Feb. 5 were baffled by the resolution adopted by the lower chamber on Monday afternoon, Feb. 5, defending Speaker Martin Romualdez from what congressmen called "baseless accusations" from the Senate in connection with the recent push for People’s Initiative (PI). For...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, February 5 that foreign investors and locators never once mentioned anything about amending economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Imee Marcos during the first Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes on Monday, Feb. 5, says...
Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. reiterated his firm and unchangeable stand that there are no valid, serious, and compelling reasons to amend the 1987 constitution. Retired Justice Hilario Davide Jr., a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, voices his objections...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla has filed a resolution seeking to have both houses of Congress vote separately in amending the 1987 Constitution. In Resolution of Both Houses 7, Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes sought to amend Section 1 of Article...
