TOL VIEWS More than 2.8 million devotees of the Poong Nazareno flocked Quiapo Church last Tuesday as the entire nation celebrated the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. Their journey with Señor Nazareno was a grueling, yet faith-filled, grace-filled, 15 hours. The traslacion, as it has always...
‘TOL VIEWS The Philippines is an archipelagic and maritime nation. With a total of 7,641 islands, we are the second-largest archipelago in the world. More than 62 percent of the country’s municipalities and cities thrive on our coasts. Many of us rely on the bounty of our seas for food. With...
'TOL Views Three weeks after the 2023 Barangay and Sangguninang Kabataan Elections (BSKE), both newly elected and re-elected barangay and SK officials gear up to build and lead their respective communities. As mandated by the Department of Interior and Local Government, federations have been or...
‘TOL VIEWS Balancing progress and ecological preservation has always been a globally shared challenge. Sustainable development has always been difficult to balance with industrialization. For developing countries like the Philippines, the dilemma has always been development versus...
TOL VIEWS Nov. 8, 2023 marks the 10th anniversary when super typhoon Yolanda hit the country and wreaked havoc in communities in the Philippines but most extensively devastating Tacloban, Leyte. Yolanda claimed thousands of lives, displaced millions of families, and damaged properties worth...
'TOL VIEWS The recent collision of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) resupply vessel and Chinese Maritime Militia Vessels (CMMV) last Oct. 22 at the West Philippine Sea (WPS), months after the water cannon incident of the Chinese Coast Guard against the Filipino troops, weeks after the death of a...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino on Saturday, Oct. 21, raised the issue of using artificial intelligence (AI)-aided election campaign and propaganda materials. Tolentino raised this issue before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and requested further study for future policy formulation,...
Sen. Francis "Tol" Tolentino called out on Thursday, Oct. 12, the lack of Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) offices near fishing villages that make it hard for fisherfolk to secure boat permits. During the hearing of the Senate Special Panel on Maritime and Admiralty Zones chaired...
Instead of focusing on the legal aspect, senators on Thursday, Oct. 12 insisted on speeding up the provision of the assistance needed by the fishermen who were affected by the ramming incident in Bajo de Masinloc 10 days ago. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Senator Francis Tolentino) During...
'TOL VIEWS The upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections on October 2023 have been much-awaited after being postponed for multiple times. All candidates and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in both local and national levels, local government units (LGUs), the Philippine National...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino believes that barangay officials should always carry with them a checklist or some sort of crib notes so they may never forget their mandates. This was the senator's message to Local Government Academy (LGA) Assistant Director Esmeralda Purnell on Saturday, Oct....
Sen. Francis Tolentino reiterated the need to pass legislation on the country's maritime zones and archipelagic sea lanes following the death of three fishermen whose boat was rammed in Bajo de Masinloc. Tolentino, who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty...
