Senate President Francis “Chiz" Escudero led the upper chamber on Tuesday, November 6, in honoring former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile for his services and contributions to the country. Senators pose with former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to honor the latter in Senate...
OF TREES AND FOREST Filipinos are world famous for the longest celebration of the Christmas season. We usher in the holidays beginning with the so-called “Ber” months. And so on Sept. 1 when the clock strikes 12:01, Filipinos, who are also world famous for their fun-loving character as...
Senator Imee Marcos has formally asked Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero to fine-tune the procedures in the upcoming bicameral conference committee (bicam) meeting on the 2025 national budget. In her letter to Escudero, which she coursed through Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the...
"Do my actions serve our people and benefit the country that we all love?" (MB file photo) This was the standard put up by Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero as he urged Vice President Sara Duterte to review and assess her recent actions and words in order to determine whether or not she has...
OF TREES AND FOREST Donald Trump won the US presidential elections by defeating his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris. By all accounts, it was a stunning victory not only because it was an impressive comeback from his electoral defeat in 2020 but also because his triumph...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero has filed a resolution seeking to honor the services, as well as the contributions to the country, of the upper chamber's former leader Juan Ponce Enrile. In filing Senate Resolution No. 1223, Escudero said that the former Senate President deserves the...
OF TREES AND FOREST Eighty-nine years ago, on Nov. 15, 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated. This political arrangement, provided for under the Philippine Independence Act of 1934, otherwise known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act, is a 10-year transitional government in...
Senators hailed on Thursday, November 7, the signing into law of Republic Act (RA) No. 12063, the Enterprise-Based Education and Training (EBET) Framework Act, which is considered a significant milestone in the country's effort to address the perennial problem of job-skills mismatch. (Screenshot...
OF TREES AND FORESTS In this column, I often write about the challenges faced by new entrepreneurs. I have advised young business owners to be prepared to make sacrifices, to deal with obstacles, and be prepared to fail. It is certainly not my intention to discourage anyone from taking that leap of...
Two more senators on Tuesday, November 5, expressed opposition to the deferment of the 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero filed a bill to formalize his proposal seeking to defer the BARMM...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, Nov. 5, that he's keen on questioning the Senate leadership should it submit a certified copy of the transcript of the Senate's drug war probe to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This was after Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero stated...
Two senators have expressed differing views regarding the deferment of the 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said on Monday, Nov. 4, that postponing BARMM polls through a bill would be a very difficult task...
