Senator-judges should leave the filing of motions and pleadings related to the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the prosecution and defense teams, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson reiterated on Sunday, July 13. Lacson made the “gentle caution” to his fellow senator-judges, as...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa hopes that if former President Rodrigo Duterte dies, he will die in the Philippines, and not in another country. After all, Duterte is a former Philippine president, Dela Rosa said. In a press conference on Wednesday, July 9, Dela Rosa confirmed that he signed a...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Wednesday, July 9, that while the government is earning from it, the revenues from online gambling are not enough to compensate for the moral decay and the social cost that it brings. "Dapat i-ban yan. Kasi maraming nasisirang buhay diyan (That should be...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he will raise a motion on whether or not the incoming members of the Senate in the 20th Congress would want to continue the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Dela Rosa pointed this out as he raised questions on the jurisdiction of the Senate...
A group as big as the missing sabungeros won 't just vanish into thin air unless an influential figure orchestrated it. This was according to Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who led an investigation in the Senate regarding the matter in 2022 under the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa confirmed on Wednesday, July 9 that the so-called “Duterte bloc” has committed to support Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s bid for the Senate presidency. “Nakapag-commit na kami. Although I don’t know kung naka pirma na yung iba (sa resolution)....
Senators Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa have signed the Senate resolution seeking the immediate repatriation of former president Rodrigo Duterte back to the Philippines. The resolution, which has yet to be filed by Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla in the 20th Congress,...
Senator Ronald Bato Dela Rosa has refiled the measure that seeks to reinstate the capital punishment of death through lethal injection for those who will be found guilty of large-scale trafficking of illegal drugs. “We will not distinguish between domestic or foreign offenders,” Dela Rosa said....
Senator Ronald Bato Dela Rosa has filed a bill seeking to expand the grounds for the refusal or cancellation of registration of party-list groups. This includes the promotion or use of violence and unlawful acts involving vulnerable sectors such as children and youth; and any form of association...
Sharing of fake news, including those generated by artificial intelligence (AI), should not be done by government officials, a Palace official said. And if they ever do so, it is their responsibility to acknowledge that they shared a video that is not true or real. Palace Press Officer and...
In a dramatic turnaround, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday made a motion seeking the dismissal of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, just one day after agreeing to take his oath as a senator-judge for the impending trial. Dela Rosa moved for the dismissal...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Wednesday, June 4, confirmed that the draft Senate resolution seeking to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte originated from his office. In an interview, Dela Rosa said the initiative was his alone, and that he was not directed...