As the Senate's investigation on the country's campaign against illegal drugs looms, Senator Ronald "Bato" Rosa said on Thursday, Oct. 24, that he regrets nothing as far as handling the previous administration's drug war is concerned. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (MB File Photo) In a phone...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22, that the Senate's parallel probe on former President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war will begin on Monday, Oct. 28. Pimentel will be presiding over a motu propio investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee...
For Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero, it would be better if the Senate's parallel probe on Rodrigo Duterte's controversial drug war would not be led by the ex-president's close allies Senators Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa and Christopher "Bong" Go. In a chance interview on Thursday, Oct. 17,...
There's a high chance that former President Rodrigo Duterte would attend the Senate's brewing investigation into his administration's drug war. This was according to Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa who said in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, that he would invite Duterte and his former...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (left), Kerwin Espinosa (Facebook, Speaker’s office) In the eyes of former top cop Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa's testimony during the marathon hearing of the...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa says he has no idea about the so-called "Davao model" from where the design of the previous Duterte administration's national drug war patterned from. "I have no idea on that," Dela Rosa said in a message to reporters late Friday night, Oct. 11. He was a former Davao...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday, Oct. 3, that he expects the number of certificate of candidacy (COC) filers for the positions of senator and party-list representative to pick up during the weekend. This, after the aspirants for these national...
Yang Jian Xin, aka Tony Yang, on Tuesday, September 24 faced the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Tuesday, September 24 to answer senators’ questions regarding his alleged links to the human trafficking and other illegal activities of Philippine...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is expected to confront the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) official who claimed that a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief was on the payroll of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) bosses. "You can expect that. You...
Former Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog (Fle photo) Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Friday, Sept. 20, that former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog's testimony before the House quad-committee (quad-comm) is part of a demolition job. "This is a demolition job para masira kami lahat...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III shrugged off the claim that a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief was on the payroll of illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators’ (POGO) bosses. Retired Gen. Raul Villanueva, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation...
Marawi Compensation Board (MCB) chairperson lawyer Maisara Dandamun-Latiph expressed the need for more plantilla positions in a bid to expedite the processing and issuance of claims to the victim-survivors of the Marawi siege. Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros presides over the Finance...