Technology and industry leaders highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) is driving innovation and business impact while also putting cybersecurity at the forefront of daily operations at the fifth edition of iGnite: The GCash Innovation Summit. The event also celebrated the global impact of...
Senator Bam Aquino has hailed the signing into law of a measure designed to improve access to education in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA), saying it will help remove long-standing barriers that prevent children in remote communities from attending school safely. Aquino, who...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Friday, July 24 pushed for the passage of the bill seeking to raise the annual income tax exemption threshold from P250,000 to P480,000. Aquino said this would increase the take-home pay of more Filipino workers and help them cope with the already high cost of...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Thursday, July 23 urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to work double time in the last half of 2026 to deliver the targeted 25,000 classrooms on time, saying that further delays in the construction of these buildings continue to burden Filipino students and...
Senators condemned on Monday, July 20 China 's continued acts of violence and intimidation in within the country 's maritime domain, particularly the latest physical aggression displayed by the China Coast Guard against a Philippine Navy personnel. Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Friday, July 17 said the Senate Committee on Basic Education, which he chairs, will investigate the implementation of the P67-billion classroom construction program under the 2026 national budget to determine its status. Aquino made the commitment after...
Senator-judge Bam Aquino on Monday, July 13, pressed Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team to explicitly state whether she denied speaking to an alleged hitman to carry out killings in case something were to happen to her. During the fourth day of Duterte 's impeachment trial,...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday, July 13 was questioned over its failure to identify the person Vice President Sara Duterte had allegedly contracted to eliminate President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, and two other members of his family. Given the gravity of the...
Senators on Sunday, July 12 expressed confidence that the July 12, 2016 ruling of an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which invalidated China’s so-called “nine-dash line” and affirmed the Philippines’ sovereign rights to explore, explore and manage...
Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero told senator-judges that the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte would move more quickly in the coming days after the proceedings on the first witness stretched for hours. Responding to an appeal from Senator Bam...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said on Sunday, July 5 that he will file a motion seeking the public release of all evidence presented during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Aquino expressed his intent a day before the start of the trial which would be on Monday, July 6....
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV on Monday, June 29 rejected Malacañang’s openness to restrict or ban violent video games following the school shooting in Tacloban City, saying they have become a convenient scapegoat whenever incidents of violence occur. Aquino explained that numerous studies...
