Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (PPAB, Facebook) Deputy Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre can't make heads or tails as to why Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa chooses to believe a dismissed...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The testimony of a former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent linking President Marcos to illegal drugs is part of an alleged larger effort to destabilize the current...
Former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief turned politician, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said on Wednesday, May 1 he was certain that the documents supposedly linking President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and actress Maricel Soriano to alleged drug use was not fabricated. ...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. reiterated on Tuesday, April 30, that there were no irregularities during the multi-billion peso drug bust conducted by authorities in Alitagtag, Batangas. In a presentation during the hearing of the...
Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa challenged Los Angeles-based vlogger Claire Contreras, who goes by the name “Maharlika,” on Tuesday, April 30 to face the Senate in its inquiry regarding the alleged leakage of a confidential document from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Sen. Ronald...
THROUGH UNTRUE A famous actress once declared that she stayed happily married to her husband for 50 years because they seldom see each other. She might have said that as a joke, but she made a good point. Togetherness nurtures love and intimacy, but it should not mean constant physical closeness....
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, April 26 said he sees no reason to dignify former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s claims that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has communicated with former and active police officials involved in the Duterte administration’s war on...
THROUGH UNTRUE Today’s Gospel reading portrays Jesus as the good shepherd (John 10:11-13),and us, the sheep of His flock. However, to compare Christians to sheep seems like an insult. Contemporary usage of the word “sheep” often refers to persons who are gullible, dumb, easily fooled, and...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said that the government should think one step ahead and investigate the reported increase in the number of Chinese students who have enrolled in Cagayan. "Dapat advance yung pag-iisip natin. Dapat tayo'y magdududa talaga. Dapat one step ahead tayo (We should think...
THROUGH UNTRUE Each family is a God-given treasure. But a treasure is only as good as the hands on which it rests. Today, we need hands that restore peace, not only to individuals, but to the family as a whole. Families need healing. When you toss a stone into a pool, the ripples continue...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, April 9 said he is confident that the Senate will pass the Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) bill soon. Though it may not be able to get the majority of the votes of the Senate, Dela Rosa said he is certain that the...
Senators on Tuesday, April 9 welcomed the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) decision to fully cancel its 2004 agreement with the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) that awarded them 353 hectares of land protected area in Surigao del Norte province. This,...