Senators find it unnecessary to grant the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) request for additional subsidy under their proposed budget for next year when it has yet to provide sufficient financial relief to patients. Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, principal sponsor and...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Sunday, November 10 commended President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for issuing Executive Order (EO) No. 74, formalizing a total ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) in the country. Go said he has consistently supported a strict...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, November 4 called on the government to provide comprehensive assistance to all farmers noting the significant damage wrought by recent typhoons “Kristine” and “Leon.” Both typhoons ravaged crops across various regions in the Philippines...
Senate President Francis Escudero said on Sunday, November 3 said he sees no need to strike out former president Rodrigo Duterte’s expletives and foul language from the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s records. Escudero said Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III himself...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has reminded Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to expand their benefit packages for the top 10 mortality diseases before the year 2025 ends. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said PhilHealth, in a letter to his...
Senators on Tuesday, October 29 lauded the Supreme Court for issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the transfer of P89.9-billion funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to the National Treasury. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22, that the Senate's parallel probe on former President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war will begin on Monday, Oct. 28. Pimentel will be presiding over a motu propio investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee...
Senators have chosen the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to lead the investigation into the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Sunday, October 20. Escudero said Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III is poised to...
For Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero, it would be better if the Senate's parallel probe on Rodrigo Duterte's controversial drug war would not be led by the ex-president's close allies Senators Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa and Christopher "Bong" Go. In a chance interview on Thursday, Oct. 17,...
Rowena Guanzon (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Facebook) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon thinks it's better for Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa to simply keep quiet, if he wants to keep his close ally former president...
There's a high chance that former President Rodrigo Duterte would attend the Senate's brewing investigation into his administration's drug war. This was according to Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa who said in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, that he would invite Duterte and his former...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (left), Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (Facebook) House quad-committee (quad-comm) co-chairman, Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez respects and welcomes the Senate's plan to conduct...
