Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, August 25 said he does not believe that the immediate abolition of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Services (DBM-PS) would solve the corruption issues hounding the agency. Among the senators who believe the DBM-PS should be abolished...
Several witnesses or resource speakers want to appear physically before the joint public hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 23, of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee on the sugar importation mess to clear their names, Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino, Blue Ribbon...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino Last Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, I filed my bill on The Philippine Nuclear Regulation Act of 2022. It aims to regulate and promote the nuclear energy industry in the Philippines by providing for a regulatory framework on its control, use, and application. This...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings in the 19th Congress will not devolve into a political circus as they would no longer be allowed to continue ad infinitum, Senator Francis Tolentino said. During the organizational meeting of the 16-member committee Wednesday, Aug. 17, Tolentino reminded...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has conferred Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and PhilCycling President Bambol Tolentino as Honorary Member during its congress concurrent with the 44th Chess Olympiad recently in Chennai, India. Tolentino was accorded the FIDE recognition for his...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino visited on Saturday, Aug. 13 the earthquake-hit Abra province following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rocked various parts of Northern Luzon last month. Tolentino, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), personally turned...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) formally installed Major Gen. Rowen Tolentino as the new Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), the country’s premier military training institution, on Friday, August 12. Major Gen. Rowen Tolentino gets installed as the new...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino As an archipelago, a strong Philippine Navy is of utmost importance to secure and preserve the safety, sovereignty, and independence of the country. The Navy is our first defense against incursions in the Philippine shores. Under Article X, Section 21 of the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed its support to a legislative move that seeks to institutionalize the use of the term "West Philippine Sea" to pertain to the air space, seabed, and subsoil on the western side of the Philippine archipelago. DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza...
If there are special hospitals for soldiers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon city should be designated as a special hospital for the country’s more than 500,000 public school teachers and their dependents, Senator Francis Tolentino said on Thursday,...
What are the chances of a congressman bumping into a colleague who's wearing a similarly-patterned coat? Screenshot of Sandro Marcos's Instagram story. Enhanced with filter. This happy coincidence occurred to Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos and Cavite 8th district Rep. Aniela Tolentino...
Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino has filed a bill that seeks to "institutionalize" the West Philippine Sea (WPS) by formalizing the designation of the said nomenclature as part of the existing laws of the land. "The measure would further reinforce the Philippines’ claim to the disputed territories...
