If the May 2022 elections were held last Saturday, Vice President Leni Robredo and Sen. Francis “KiKo” Pangilinan has won the presidential and vice presidential race, so said Senate Minority Franklin Drilon said on Sunday. “Kung ang eleksyon ay nangyari kagabi, panalo na kami (If the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday defended the constitutionality of the vetoed SIM Card Registration bill saying the measure contains no constitutional infirmity, specifically the provision that mandates the use of one’s real name and registered SIM card in creating social media...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed doubts that any attempt to override the presidential veto on the SIM Card Registration bill would be possible. While he supports Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s initiative to find a way to save the bill by convincing Congress to overturn the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday rejected claims that the provision on social media registration in the proposed SIM Card Registration bill that was vetoed by President Duterte was a “last minute insertion” that he made. “The issue that it was a last minute (provision)...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Saturday, April 16 said the veto by President Duterte on the SIM Card Registration bill allows online trolls to ‘’thrive, spread lies and hate, and fuel discord and division". Drilon thus “congratulated” troll farm operators, online bullies and fake...
Did House Deputy Speaker Wes Gatchalian just blame Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for the Palace veto of the proposed SIM Card Registration Act? House Deputy Speaker Wes Gatchalian (left) and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (Photos from Facebook) In a statement on Black Saturday,...
State economic managers have lauded Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for his major contribution in the passage of three key economic reform laws that are seen to hasten the country’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter signed by Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez, Trade...
Senator Franklin Drilon, a stalwart of the once-ruling Liberal Party (LP) that presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo still chairs to this day, believes that more local officials will be joining her “pink movement” in the coming days because of the surge in her March survey numbers....
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday expressed his disappointment at newly-appointed Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Abdulla Mama-o over what he said is his erroneous interpretation of Republic Act No. 11641 to serve his own interest. Drilon criticized Mama-o, who was...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Sunday called out the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Covid-19 over the 27 million doses of nearly-expired vaccines at their disposal. Drilon said he is strongly disappointed and, at the same time, alarmed over what...
The next administration can vouch on two laws that can help spur the Philippine’s economic recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Tuesday. Drilon cited the newly-signed law that amends the 86-year old Public Service Act or Republic Act...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Monday, March 14, said Vice President Leni Robredo’s rivals are in “panic mode” with the rising people’s support for her presidential bid. Senator Franklin Drilon speaking to fellow Ilonggos at the grand rally for Vice President Leni Robredo at...