TOL VIEWS Living in a highly digitalized world, our need for electricity and internet services has become nearly as basic as food and shelter. However, the rising costs of these utilities in the Philippines weighs down heavily on the average earning Filipino. Electricity price for...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino has filed a bill that seeks to grant a 20-percent student discount for digital communication and internet services. To empower students and foster a more equitable educational environment, Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a measure that seeks to grant...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino flies to Harbin on Tuesday, Feb. 4, to lead a 20-athlete delegation that will see action in the Ninth Asian Winter Games. “I believe our winter sport athletes can deliver, not in terms of medals, but in terms of the...
Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a bill seeking to exempt electricity and internet services from the 12 percent value-added tax (VAT). In filing Senate Bill 2970 on Thursday, Jan. 30, Tolentino noted that electricity costs in the Philippines are among the highest in the region – a...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino has filed a bill penalizing foreign interference in the Philippines amid recent incidents indicating possible espionage in the country. Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino has filed a bill setting penalties for foreign interference in the Philippines....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) should make it a prerequisite for its 4,000 new recruits to undergo a crash course on the newly-enacted Philippine Maritime Zones Act or Republic Act No. 12064, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino said. Tolentino said doing so would help these new...
‘TOL VIEWS The no more “doble plaka” amendment to Republic Act No. 11235 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act elicited sighs of relief from both motorcycle riders and the Land Transportation Office (LTO). The legislation, which required motorcycle owners to display license plates in...
Choco Mucho opposite spiker Kat Tolentino is expected to miss a few games after being diagnosed with a ruptured appendix. Kat Tolentino (PVL Images) The team said Tolentino had to be hospitalized for severe abdominal pains last Monday, Jan. 20, and had to undergo surgery Tuesday, Jan. 21. “She is...
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Monday, January 20 welcomed the news that all of the Afghan refugees who were temporarily hosted by the Philippines while processing their special immigrant visa (SIV) applications to relocate to the United States – have already left the country....
CEBU CITY – Sen. Francis Tolentino described the discovery of a China-made submersible drone in the sea of Masbate last week as a threat to national security. TOLENTINO (FB) Tolentino said a deeper investigation should be conducted to find out why the drone was in the country. “Based on the...
Two senators on Wednesday, Jan. 15 commended the efforts made by three fisherfolk of Masbate for their "courage, vigilance and nationalism" in recovering and turning over a drone to the authorities last Dec. 30. Sen. Robinhood Padilla commends three fisherfolks of Masbate for their courage,...
Ricky Vargas was named chef de mission to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Al Panlilio will handle the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games as the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) made key appointments during its first General Assembly for the year on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the East Ocean Seafood...
