Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said on Monday, Oct. 6, that there 's no legal framework for the conduct of snap elections. This was in response to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's call on Sunday to all sitting government officials — from Congress to Malacañang — to resign...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Monday, October 6 stressed it is the certainty of punishment of corrupt government officials that would help restore the public’s trust in government. Lacson pointed this out as he dismissed Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano’s...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has renewed his call for fair and just compensation for the victims of the 2017 Marawi siege, as the Senate Committee on Finance reviews the proposed 2026 budget of the Marawi Compensation Board (MCB). During its budget briefing in the Senate on Tuesday,...
Faky Breaky News. This was how Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson branded on Sunday, September 14 a supposed report claiming that another Senate leadership change is in the works. Lacson is referring to a post by “OneTV Philippines” posted at 9:12 PM Saturday, with the...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, September 12 lauded the signing into law of the E-Governance Act (Republic Act No. 12254), a landmark measure that would pave the way to unprecedented public service efficiency. “The law is intended not only for us to catch up, but to lead us...
The Senate on Wednesday, September 10 ordered that former Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez be transferred to the Pasay City Jail. This, after the Senate Minority bloc, led by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano moved to question Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano renewed his call for the creation of an Executive-Legislative Labor Commission (LabCom), saying it is key to fixing the country’s wide wage disparities. Cayetano made the pitch as the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development reviewed the...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was elected on Tuesday, August 19 to the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET), a body that decides on electoral protests in the Senate of the Philippines. The Senate announced his election was announced on the plenary floor during the chamber’s 3 p.m. session. He will be...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, July 10 filed a resolution urging the Philippine government to appeal before the International Criminal Court (ICC) the interim release of former president Rodrigo Duterte, and proposing that he be placed under a form of house arrest while awaiting trial. ...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is now pushing for the passage of a landmark bill aimed at tearing down all financial barriers keeping millions of Filipinos from exercising a constitutional right—the opportunity to finish their education. Cayetano filed the proposed “Makakapagtapos Ako Act of...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has appealed to the incoming new set of lawmakers on the 20th Congress to continue investigating online gaming activities in the country. Cayetano made the call noting that despite the passage into the law of the banning Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) in...
Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 3, lamented the Senate’s stance on the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte saying this is the first time she is seeing the Upper Chamber dribbling its constitutional mandate. “Ngayon lang ako nakakita ng bola na...
