Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Monday, Dec. 4, that the kind of thinking of those behind the bombing inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) that killed four people has no place in an orderly society. "Kaya (That's why) we strongly condemn in the highest form of...
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate strongly condemning in the highest possible terms the recent bombing in Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City during a Catholic mass celebration has been filed in the Upper Chamber. Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, in filing...
The Senate Committee on National Defense and Security has included an amendment in the substitute measure proposing reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension system that would require only new entrants to give contributions for their pension. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada,...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Sunday, December 3 urged the House of Representatives to continue its investigation on the alleged controversy surrounding House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s travel expenses. As far as he is concerned, Zubiri said he has no knowledge of...
In the event President Marcos decides to allow the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the Senate may issue a resolution or a concurrence to support or validate his decision. Escudero pointed this out amid the...
Senators on Sunday, December 3 expressed their indignation at the bombing inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) campus in Marawi City early this morning. As of press time, 11 people were killed while several others were reportedly injured after a blast occurred at the Dimaporo Gymnasium...
Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda believes that the Philippines’ National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and Nationally Determined Contribution Implementation Plan (NDCIP) are instrumental to enabling low-carbon systems and technologies and supporting genuine and lasting resilience in the...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has vowed anew to advance a comprehensive and inclusive anti-discrimination measure that goes beyond the scope of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill. In a statement Friday, Dec. 1, Villanueva stressed the need for an...
The bicameral conference committee meetings on the proposed P5.768-trillion 2024 national budget will begin on Thursday, Nov. 30. There, select members of the Senate and the House of Representatives (HOR) will meet and formally iron out the disagreeing provisions of the House and Senate versions of...
OF TREES AND FOREST This piece should come out a day before the 160th birth anniversary of Gat Andres Bonifacio — national hero, revolutionary, Tondo boy — and two days after the official celebration of Bonifacio Day (government decided to move it earlier in accordance with its policy of...
Voting 21-0, the Senate on Tuesday, November 28 approved on third and final reading the proposed General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024 which is at P5.768-trillion. Twenty-one (21) senators gave affirmative votes; there were zero negative votes and one abstention. Senate Minority...
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, November 28 said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has the legal authority to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) without having to seek the Senate’s concurrence. Drilon issued the statement in response to a notion...
