Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate PRIB) "Let’s just hope our economy recovers soon." This was Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino's reaction to findings by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) that pandemic generation graduates are having a hard time landing a job. But other...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, April 2 said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) should take into account the Supreme Court (SC) and the 2016 Hague Arbitral rulings if it pushes through with the plan to have another round of exploratory talks with the People's Republic of China. ...
‘TOL VIEWS Bataan Day 2023 is coincidentally this year’s Easter Sunday celebration. Both occasions remind us of bloodshed and lives offered for freedom and redemption. The fallen soldiers in Bataan, like our Lord Jesus Christ, made the greatest sacrifice to liberate future generations and...
The Senate constitutional amendments committee chairman supports the stand of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. to disengage with the International Criminal Court (ICC) which up to now insists on investigating the past administration's "bloody" anti-drug war. "Our President has made it...
‘TOL VIEWS With only a little over six months before the long overdue barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, preparations are firing on all cylinders to ensure its seamless conduct on Oct. 30, 2023. The Commission on Elections (Comelec), both on the national and local levels, proceed with...
'TOL VIEWS More than two weeks after MT Princess Empress’ descent, it’s still a race against time to contain the spillage in Oriental Mindoro. Each day the sunken vessel continues to leak oil underneath equates to life snuffed out of the sea. Threats to marine life and biodiversity continue to...
Senate panel sees volume of expired Covid-19 vaccines reaching over 60M With lesser people availing of COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is certain that the number of volume of expired vaccines would have reached over 60 million. Sen. Francis Tolentino,...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Thursday, March 9 called on the Department of Health (DOH) to launch a re-intensified campaign on the government’s Covid-19 vaccination program to prevent the country from further wasting doses of primary vaccines and booster shots. Tolentino pointed out that...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday, March 7 urged officials from the academe to beef-up its monitoring on the activities of “non-recognized” organizations within their respective colleges and universities. Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, made the...
Senators on Tuesday, March 7 took turns castigating an Adamson University official over the school’s perceived negligence in preventing hazing practices committed by fraternities and sororities not officially recognized by their institution. During the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino said he has been supporting the declaration of non-working holidays in local government units (LGUs) despite the opposition of some colleagues in the 18th Congress. During hearing of the Senate Committee on Local Government on Tuesday, February 7 on several...
The plan of the government in phasing out the public utility jeepney (PUJ) should be given a second look, Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino said. Tolentino thus joined Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, in advocating the restoration of jeepney drivers’...
