Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano told Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson not to drag the minority bloc into "what 's clearly a family matter" within the majority, amid the latter 's possible return to as chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Commmittee (BRC). In a...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has renewed his call for the government to pursue diplomatic solutions to support Filipinos affected by the United States’ immigration crackdown under the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies. Cayetano reminded the...
The Senate adjourned its session on Friday, October 10 for the Undas break without any leadership changes occurring. The session was immediately adjourned after it opened at 10 a.m. with only Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Senate Deputy Majority Leader Joseph Victor...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, October 8 rejected speculations there would be changes in the Senate leadership before the Upper Chamber adjourns session on Friday, October 10. “There’s none. I don’t think so. I think Sen. (Chiz) Escudero is preparing for his...
Some senators on Wednesday, October 8, welcomed the appointment of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla as the new Ombudsman, saying his experience in the field of investigation is an advantage for him. “It’s a big deal that he has a vast background in investigation at the Department of...
Amid Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s call for snap elections, Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Monday, Oct. 6, that President Marcos has no time for politics and advised the senator to focus on serving the people instead. “It is just his wishful thinking. We do not have time to...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, September 16 echoed the stand of former Taguig City Mayor Lino Cayetano that repentance alone will not be sufficient to remove corruption and other forms of wrongdoing. Lacson made the remark on his X account, where he posted a...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano would be the new Senate minority leader, Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada disclosed this on Tuesday, September 9. According to Estrada, this was agreed upon by the new minority group that would be composed of senators allied with former president Rodrigo Duterte. This...
The next Ombudsman should be chosen based on integrity, intelligence and insight—three qualities vital in detecting corruption at its earliest stages, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said. Speaking with reporters after the August 28 interview of the first batch of Ombudsman applicants, whose screening...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, August 27 flagged the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) Engineering and Administrative Overhead (EAO) fund, noting that it ballooned to P94 billion from 2022 to 2025 without ensuring project quality. Cayetano said this resulted to wasted...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed reports online gambling transactions plunged by half after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ordered e-wallet providers to take down gambling site links. Cayetano lauded the development days after senators grilled central bank officials during a Senate blue...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has ordered e-wallet applications to remove within 48 hours all online gambling links that appear on their respective platforms. The BSP gave this order on the day of the Senate hearing of the Committee on Games and Amusement on the paint of online gambling on...
