Detained Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada was elected on Wednesday, July 29, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People 's Participation, while Senator Rodante Marcoleta, also detained, was named head of the Senate Committee on Tourism. Senate Majority Leader Juan...
A group of women’s rights advocate, academics and feminists on Wednesday, July 29 filed a complaint against Senator Pia Cayetano for supposedly posting a spliced and misleading video that falsely portrayed House prosecutor and Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno as admitting that they were pursuing Vice...
The Pasay City police is now looking deeper into the incident of theft inside the premises of the Senate, the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) assured on Wednesday, July 29. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) chief Ret. Gen. Alfred Corpuz made the assurance after a media outlet reported...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has claimed on Tuesday, July 28 that some senators who earlier pushed for the flood control mess probe to continue are now singing a different tune. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said this as Senator Panfilo Lacson continued to gather evidence on alleged...
The Senate must balance the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte with its constitutional duties as the Second Regular Session of the 20th Congress opens. Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano made the statement on Monday, July 27 after the Upper Chamber formally opened its...
House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos expressed confidence that Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian would be able to turn the upper chamber into a well-oiled machine this second regular session. "It 's good that the Senate has now organized everything. And I...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said on Monday, July 27 that the passage of bills promoting economic reforms will remain on the topmost priority of the Upper Chamber this Second Regular Session of Congress. Gatchalian made the declaration during the opening of the Senate’s plenary session,...
Police lines, mass protests, and bomb scares gripped Metro Manila early Monday, July 27, as authorities locked down key areas hours before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address. In Manila, police blocked around 100 protesters on C.M. Recto Avenue near...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, July 27 said the Senate won’t be cowed even in the face of external threats and intimidation. Gatchalian made the statement after the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed it is now investigating after improvised explosive devices (IED) were...
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos feels compelled to order a last-minute security sweep of the House of Representatives just before his father President Marcos ' scheduled State of the Nation Address (SONA) at 4 p.m. Monday, July 27. This, after Rep. Marcos got wind...
An improvised bomb exploded near the entrance of the Department of Justice (DOJ) hours before the start of President Marcos’ 5th State of the Nation Address (SONA) while an explosive device was safely disposed of after it was found along Diokno Boulevard where the Senate is located. In a...
The Senate will open the Second Regular Session of Congress on Monday, June 27 with the timely passage of the 2027 national budget in mind. Since the Upper Chamber will still continue holding the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte while the Senate is in session, Senate President...
