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...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, May 23 lauded the signing into law of the PHIVOLCS Modernization Act of 2025 or Republic Act No. 12180 saying the newly-enacted law will help the Philippines strengthen its disaster risk management programs. “By modernizing PHIVOLCS, we are making a bold...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, May 12 urged the government to implement reforms that would simplify the voting process, making it more efficient and humane, especially for public school teachers who are serving as poll workers. “’I-simplify’ lang talaga: more schools, more teachers,...
In a bid to better understand and reconcile the needs of the labor sector as well as the business sector, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano proposed the creation of an Executive-Legislative Labor Commission that will pursue a sustainable and transparent solution to the daily minimum wage issue. Sen....
Several senators on Wednesday, April 30 expressed alarm over the arrest of a Chinese national with spying equipment near the Commission on Elections (Comelec), urging government to remain vigilant against external players who are bent on sabotaging the upcoming May 2025 elections. A...
The bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is now awaiting President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s signature, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said. This, after the Senate ratified the final version of the Phivolcs Modernization Act...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said he is confident passage into law of the proposed Konektadong Pinoy Act will bolster the country’s digital infrastcuture and enhance connectivity for all Filipinos. This after Cayetano formally filed in the Senate the committee report for Senate Bill No....
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, February 12 called for a more sustained funding for the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Cayetano, chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology said merely approving a five-year modernization plan for the agency is...
