Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said on Friday, May 23 he is confident the current leadership in the Upper Chamber will remain. Estrada made the remark in light of recent reports floating that Escudero and returning Sen. Vicente Sotto III are wooing members of the Senate in...
Presumptive senator Vicente Sotto III on Friday, May 16 said he is keen on asking the Senate leadership to be allowed to head the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges so he can help restore the dignity and the good image of the institution. Sotto, who will return to the Senate in the next...
This early, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero is unfazed over any possibility of a leadership change in the Upper Chamber saying it is part of the reality. Escudero made the remark over reports presumptive Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III expressed readiness to retake his post should...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, September 23, denied rumors he is replacing Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero as head of the Upper Chamber. Estrada said as far as he is concerned, he is comfortable with the present Senate leadership. ...
Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, July 22 said the so-called “Solid Six” will stay independent and ask that they compose one-fourth of the membership of each committee in the Senate. The former Senate president said his group will raise this in their upcoming meeting...
Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday, May 30 said she is comfortable working with all of her colleagues in the Senate and will continue to work diligently as a member of the Upper Chamber. Sen. Loren Legarda (Senate PRIB Photo) “I always want to work…I’ve been a hardworking senator...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday, May 27 rejected insinuations he is a Palace lackey and that was why he was chosen to replace Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri. “That’s unfair, because nobody ever accused Senator Zubiri of being a palace lackey. That he was...
The seven “solid” senators who stood behind the leadership of ousted Senate president Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri is now mulling joining the Senate minority bloc. They call themselves as the 'Solid 7' or the group that openly expressed their support to Sen. Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri's after...
The Senate won’t be a rubber stamp of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s administration even under his watch, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Thursday, May 23. Escudero made the assurance a few days after the changes in the Senate leadership took effect...
Senator Grace Poe will now head the Senate Committee on Finance, while Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara will now lead the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. This, after Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero took the helm of the Senate leadership last Monday, May 20, triggering...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said that he was "dumbfounded" after finding out that Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa supported the move to unseat him as the Senate President. "Alam mo, I thought I've seen strange things in my political career, and this happens to be the strangest. Kung kahapon ako...
Newly-installed Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, May 21, admitted that he was the one who initiated the move to replace Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri. Earlier, Zubiri said he got wind of moves to replace him Wednesday of last week. In an interview before the...
