TOL VIEWS Nov. 8, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary when super typhoon Yolanda hit the country and wreaked havoc in communities in the Philippines but most extensively devastating Tacloban, Leyte. Yolanda claimed thousands of lives, displaced millions of families, and damaged properties worth...
‘TOL VIEWS For a country as archipelagic as the Philippines, it will always be a challenge to secure and defend borders against outside intimidation and threats. The need to establish a fortress, in structure and in force, has indeed become more and more urgent in light of the recent maritime...
‘TOL VIEWS Preparations are firing on all cylinders with just a little over a month and a half before the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections scheduled on Oct. 30. The Commission on Elections (Comelec), both on the national and local levels, the local government units...
A Senate committee has approved on Wednesday, Sept. 20, the proposed budget for 2024 of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB photo) The upper chamber’s subcommittee on finance, chaired by Sen....
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino urged businesses on Saturday, Sept. 16 to be more considerate to consumers when it votes to pricing their products, especially this Christmas season. In a statement, Tolentino said that this can be done by avoiding steep product pricing. “Ang...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino led the groundbreaking of the Microgridterprises project, a biomass power plant that aims to provide electricity for Manobos in Sitio Mambago, Kapalong, Davao del Sur. Together with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Tolentino launched the project...
‘TOL VIEWS Safe and secured prisons are essential in ensuring public safety and the genuine reformation of inmates. Prison security should be as rigid as possible in order to guarantee that disturbances and risks are reduced to the minimum level possible. It was only fortunate that the...
Sen. Francis Tolentino condemned the recent shooting incident involving a would-be witness in the abuse of household helper Elvira Vergara. Elvira Vergara (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) In a statement on Wednesday, Sept. 13 Tolentino said that "Dodong" will testify as a witness in the Senate Committee...
Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. has revealed some new devious tactics being used to smuggle illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) such as pigeons and condoms. Director General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. (Senate PRIB photo) Catapang revealed...
TOL VIEWS The sad plight of Filipino farmers will continue for as long as agricultural smuggling remains inadequately addressed. Just recently, a joint anti-smuggling operation by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Customs, and the Philippine Coast Guard seized 364,000 kilograms of...
TOL VIEWS Filipino fashion designers have truly brought our nation great pride. The likes of Monique Lhuillier, Rajo Laurel, and Michael Cinco, among others, have indeed captured the fashion world with their unique creativity in clothing design, use of material and interplay of hues. Dressing up...
TOL VIEWS Our shared advocacy for military service training among the youth has indeed made commendable strides – the recent Philippine ROTC Games 2023 being one of the most significant headways so far. While mandatory ROTC continues to gain the approval of the general population – rising up...
