Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday urged newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionardo Carlos to review the PNP’s use of its anti-insurgency funds. Drilon challenged the incoming PNP leadership as he finds it suspicious that the PNP conducted about 13...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, Nov. 10 proposed incentivizing the opening of face-to-face classes by giving state universities and colleges (SUCs) and public schools access to the P3.5-billion fund allocated for the retrofitting of education institutions under the proposed...
The Senate Committee on Finance has introduced a special provision under the proposed General Appropriations Act of 2022 that seeks to revert to the National Treasury funds lodged with the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) if it remains unspent by the end of 2023....
Senators on Sunday shot down a proposal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to exclude beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In separate interviews on Radio DZBB, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should take the lead in defending the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program against the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “iron-fist” policies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Sunday....
Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Nov. 4 turned the tables on President Duterte saying the chief executive himself has admitted that he is corrupt. Gordon specifically cited the President’s pronouncements during a speeech last June 28, 2017 at the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association...
"I wouldn't be President Duterte if I were corrupt like you." President Rodrigo Duterte listens to the presentation of his Cabinet members during the "Talk to the People" public briefing on Nov. 2, 2021 (Malacañang photo) This was the Chief Executive's comeback on Wednesday, Nov. 3 , against...
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee on Thursday October 28 asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to create a Task Force to investigate a potential P7.56 billion in income taxes due from suppliers of P42 billion worth of COVID 19-related medical supplies through contracts given by the Procurement...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday appealed to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to ensure that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) resolution, now feared by unvaccinated workers, would not be abused by business owners, especially those in the restaurant and in-person...
Senators are eyeing a special provision under the proposed 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that would put an end to the practice of government agencies of transferring their funds to the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said the government should ban Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group from doing business in the country over its non-payment of income and other taxes after bagging multi-billion contracts with the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement...
Senators on Tuesday grilled Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation officials why they sold medical supplies to the government at a higher price when their items under its price catalog are at a lower cost. Senator Risa Hontiveros, during the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing...
