Newly-elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said on Wednesday, May 13 that he finds Senate Resolution No. 395, which calls on Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa to voluntarily surrender to authorities, as rude. “May konting kabastusan yung resolution (The resolution is a bit rude). I don’t...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, May 13 expressed belief the Cayetano siblings were the only senators aware that Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is due to arrive at the Senate last Monday in time for the Senate leadership change voting. Lacson said Dela Rosa supposedly rode the...
Vice President Sara Duterte expressed concern over what she described as a growing lack of respect for the Senate’s independence, while reiterating that arrest warrants issued outside the Philippine judicial system cannot be enforced in the country without authorization from Philippine courts. In...
Malacañang said the change in the Senate leadership should not halt the passage of 21 priority bills identified during the previous leadership. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said that just because there was a reorganization in the Senate, it does not mean the...
OF TREES AND FOREST In 1992, I reluctantly decided to run for the lone congressional seat in the then-district of Las Piñas-Muntinlupa. My introduction to politics came when my father-in-law, Congressman Filemon Celestino Aguilar, fell ill. As the May 1992 elections neared, people were busy...
House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima has described the new Senate majority bloc as mostly DDS, or diehard Duterte supporters. De Lima gave this candid remark in a chance interview with reporters Tuesday, May 12--a day after a Senate coup d...
Five senators have signed a resolution calling on Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa to voluntarily surrender to authorities and to seek judicial remedies in accordance with the Constitution, applicable laws and rules. Senators who signed Senate Resolution No. 395 included former Senate president...
The Senate is going viral for the wrong reasons. Some members of the new Senate minority bloc on Tuesday, May 12 expressed their deepest concern on the recent untoward events that happened within the Upper Chamber. Senator Risa Hontiveros said the Senate has now become a laughingstock and an...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, May 12 apologized to resource persons invited by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform for the abrupt cancellation of its scheduled hearing due to the sudden leadership change in the Senate. Pangilinan made the apology in...
While Malacañang did not categorically state that it favors holding the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte, it stressed that all cases that must be tried should proceed. Duterte 's impeachment trial, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said,...
Newly-elected Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano assured on Tuesday, May 12 that the Senate, under his leadership, will act on the Articles of Impeachment “forthwith” and without unnecessary delay. Cayetano said the institution will fully comply with its constitutional duties while ensuring...
Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano expressed hope that her husband, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, will be guided by the Lord in his new role as Senate president. Cayetano assumed the Senate 's top post on May 11 after securing 13 votes. “Earlier, your Kuya Alan Cayetano was elected Senate President of...
