Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon questioned on Monday, September 27, the legality of the creation of a social media office by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO) At the resumption of the Senate finance...
The Senate on Monday, September 27, approved on third and final reading the bill that is expected to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend deadline of voter registration for the 2022 national and local elections. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Senators, voting 23-0-0,...
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 27 approved on third and final reading five local bills that seek to declare five “ecologically vital areas” as protected sites under the National Integrated Protected Areas Systems (NIPAS). Approved were House Bill No. (HBN) 9329 or the Banao Protected Landscape Act...
Before criticizing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as a "kangaroo court", lawyer Ferdinand Topacio had reached out to Senator Richard Gordon to lobby for his wife's appointment to the Court of Appeals (CA). Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gordon made the disclosure as the...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure that seeks to clarify that all private schools –both non-profit and for profit—are entitled to the one percent preferential tax rate under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law. Senator Pia Cayetano,...
The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading two local bills that seek to declare Carcar City in Cebu and the municipality of San Vicente in Ilocos Sur as heritage zones. The Upper Chamber approved in particular House Bill Nos. 5644 and 7927, which seeks the conservation and...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has dismissed a Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official's claim that the firm sold the government "spoiled" face shields, saying that it's practically an unsubstantiated testimony. received_687346018889246 "Ngayon lumalabas po itong mga bagong isyu na ito, ano....
Senator Richard Gordon on Monday, September 27, speculated that President Duterte was behind the decision of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives to evade questions on its transactions with the government for the purchase of COVID-19 response supplies. President Rodrigo Duterte and...
The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the measure seeking to set the term of the chief of staff and other senior military officers holding key positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to three years. Senate Bill No. 2376 or the “Act Strengthening Professionalism...
The House Committee on Good Government on Monday, Sept. 27 voted unanimously to subpoena Krizle Mago, regulatory affairs chief of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation, after failing to testify during its inquiry into the reported overpricing of personal protective gears and other anti-COVID-19...
Senators have taken exception to lawyer Ferdinand Topacio calling the chamber's Blue Ribbon Committee a "kangaroo forum" in investigating the government's deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. Senate President Vicente Sotto III bangs the gavel signifying the start of the plenary session...
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 27, approved on third and final reading the bill revising the 112-year-old charter of Baguio City. House Bill No. 8882 or the Revised Charter of the City of Baguio was approved with 23 affirmative votes, no negative votes, and no abstention. The House of Representatives...
