Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has expressed concern over a proposal that would allow a total foreign ownership of telecommunication companies as part of the amendments to the Public Service Act (PSA). Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) During the plenary debates on...
President Duterte seemed to be on the edge about fielding Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar as a senatorial candidate in the 2022 polls, saying the Executive Department will lose a "top performer" if he won the elections. DPWH Secretary Mark Villar and President...
The Senate will not hold plenary sessions from August 9 to 11 as the government imposes anew the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri confirmed to reporters on Monday, August 2, that...
The Commission on Audit records has revealed that former Senator Freddie Webb continues to fail to return to government the P112,928.30 unspent office rental deposit for an office space reportedly “refunded” to him during his incumbency as senator in 1998....
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, Aug. 1 said the President’s ever-changing and shifting stance on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) validates the Senate's position that foreign policy should be a shared power and responsibility between the President and the Senate. Drilon, a...
Members of the Senate are considering suspending plenary sessions in light of the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila from August 6 to 20. Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri disclosed that the chamber...
A former senator allegedly pocketed P112,928.30 in rental deposit refund that was entrusted to him in 1998, the Commission on Audit (COA) has revealed. In the 2020 Annual Audit Report (AAR) for the Senate, COA asked Senate’s Deputy Secretary for Administration and Financial Services to explain...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed hope Friday, July 30, that the Senate will prioritize the passage of a bill creating the Virology Institute of the Philippines (VIP). DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary...
Senators lauded on Friday, July 30, the decision of President Duterte to retract his planned termination of the visiting forces agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III leads on July 26, 2021 the opening of the third regular session of...
Eleven United States Senate Democrats led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, have called the attention of the Biden administration over their concerns about the human rights situation in the Philippines under...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Senate to conduct a probe into the recent slaying of two forest rangers of Masungi Georeserve in Barangay Pinugay, Baras, Rizal, who were shot at night amid heavy rains by still unidenfitied assailants. In filing Senate Resolution No. 806, Hontiveros said a...
President Duterte urged Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade to consider running for senator in the 2022 elections, citing his accomplishments and expertise in leading the Department of Transportation (DOTr). President Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN/KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) Duterte made the...
