Senator Cynthia A. Villar on Tuesday, April 27, sought a Senate-Malacañang compromise on a controversial presidential order increasing a minimum access value (MAV) of and reducing tariff rates on pork imports. Senator Cynthia Villar during the hybrid hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on...
Fifteen senators on Tuesday, April 27, have filed the resolution which seeks to censure National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. for his "disrespectful and derogatory" remarks against members of the Senate following their call...
Despite being red-tagged by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Senate employees’ union had set up a community pantry within the Senate’s vicinity to help nearby residents in Pasay City. Members of the SENADO, the union of Senate employees, set up...
Five senators have called for a Senate inquiry to look into the performance of the government's anti-insurgency task force and its utilization of its P19-billion budget this year. AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. (PNA) Senate President Pro...
Eleven senators have signed a Senate resolution condemning the illegal activities of China in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. (Senate of the Philippines PRIB) The senators said China’s incursions in the West Philippine Sea are clearly in...
More than half of the 24-member Senate have signed the draft resolution seeking to censure Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr., the controversial spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force, for supposedly insulting the senators. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen....
Former Representative Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III has appealed to the Senate leadership to find the courage and independence to allow Senator Leila de Lima to participate in the Senate’s online sessions and hearings from her place of detention at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar As Filipinos continue to struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic, a different kind of outbreak has caused a shortfall in pork production and subsequently caused a sharp increase in food prices. While the African Swine Fever (ASF), which has...
The Senate Committee on Energy is requiring the Department of Energy (DOE) to legally justify the approval it bestowed on the transfer of the unloaded 45-percent shareholdings of Chevron Corporation in the Malampaya gas field venture to buyer Udenna Corporation. In a statement to the media, Senator...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I applaud the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the private sector to import COVID-19 vaccines “at will”. “No matter the price or how many they want to import, that is fine with me,” the President was quoted as saying...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The numbers are disheartening. Last April 2 the country logged a total of 15,310 new COVID-19 cases (3,790 of which were backlogs). The following day the number of new cases was 12,576 which brought our active cases to a staggering 165,715....
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down. It has changed the way we behave in our world. Walking around with face masks and shields, pouring alcohol on our hands every time we touch something, and our inability to do the most...
