La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V (left), Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) As if throwing his hands up in the air, La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega said that all the House of...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero scored several government agencies for their seeming lack of proper coordination to eliminate the country's remaining Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). "Dapat kasi mag-usap ang Bureau of Immigration (BI), ang Presidential Anti-Organized Crime...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero on Thursday, February 27 released the proposed calendar for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a press briefing, Escudero disclosed the following timeline: June 2 – Resumption of session and presentation of...
Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua (PPAB) Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua on Thursday, Feb. 27, welcomed Senate President Chiz Escudero’s order to create a Senate support group for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte....
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 26 expressed support to calls for the Senate leadership to call for a caucus to tackle the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. Hontiveros was echoing Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko”...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of OVP) The back-and-forth between the House of Representatives and Senate continues, as two members of prosecution team against Vice President Sara Duterte argue that the Senate can begin her impeachment...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Tuesday, Feb. 25, that he's not interested in taking up the mantle of the second highest position in the land. "Ang pangit naman nun sa panlasa. Kami ang magdedesisyon kaugnay niyan tapos yun pala interesado ako at gusto ko pala (That's in poor...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, February 25 expressed belief that the country’s problems with China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) could only be resolved through diplomacy. Escudero pointed this out as he rejected suggestions the Philippines should fight back...
Vice President Sara Duterte (left), President Marcos (MANILA BULLETIN) Leave President Marcos out of the issue on Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial. Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and Manila 1st district...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday, February 24, rejected former president Rodrigo Duterte’s allegation that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is veering towards dictatorship like his father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos. Escudero said he does not...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero While congressmen respect all of Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero's pronouncements and opinions on Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment, they certainly don't have to agree with him. And...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero said on Sunday, February 23 that the Senate cannot hold a special session on its own. Escudero said this in an interview on Radio DZBB, in response to Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III's recent statement wherein he stated that the Senate...
