The Department of Health (DOH) was asked to find a way on how to properly dispose the reported millions of expired doses of procured and donated Covid-19 vaccines in the country because of its potential risk to public health and safety. “Any discussions on this? What do we do with these? What do...
There were no strings attached to the donation of Covid-19 vaccines by different countries to the Philippines. Former Secretary Vince Dizon, former deputy chief implementer of the National Task Force against Covid-19, stressed this when he appeared before a public hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon...
Let the House of Representatives proposal to amend the 1987 Constitution to be handled by a Constitutional Convention (Con Con) go through the normal Legislative process. Senator Francis Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, emphasized this after the Lower House’s committee on...
Senator Francis "Tol” N. Tolentino on Tuesday, February 14, proposed a renewal system of every five or seven years of occupancy permit for buildings instead of 15 years and to subject the building for thorough inspection by building officials of local government units (LGUs). During today’s...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, February 14, said the use of military-grade laser on Philippine Coast Guard personnel at the West Philippine Sea (WPS) by Chinese Coast Guard is “pure harassment.” “I will not elevate it to an act of hostility but it's pure harassment done by...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, February 12 reiterated his call for a review of the country’s National Building Code in anticipation of the so-called the ‘The Big One’ amid the deadly earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria. Tolentino said that strengthening the existing provisions...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino on Friday, February 3 threw his all-out support on the expanded defense and security cooperations between the Philippines and the United States. “I am in favor of defense/security cooperation ‘upgrades’ with reliable allies like the United States,...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino on Thursday, January 2, emphasized the urgent need to amend the country’s current procurement law to avert similar anomalous procurement processes which were previously flagged down by the country’s state auditors. Tolentino said that just like any living...
‘TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino Worldwide, the number of people aged 60 years or more is steadily increasing over the past several years. The World Health Organization (WHO) projects 2.1 billion people beyond age 60 by the year 2050. In the Philippines, statistics on the elderly point to the...
Senator Francis N. Tolentino has formally sought the abolition of the Procurement Service-Department of Management and Management (PS-DBM) amid a series of controversies hounding the said agency. Under Tolentino’s Senate Bill 1802, “all procurement of goods, including common-use supplies,...
Senator Francis ‘Tol’ N. Tolentino has thrown his support for the conduct of a multilateral show of maritime security cooperation with the United States and other neighboring countries amid the latest tension in the disputed territories along the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and South China Sea...
‘TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, (PAGASA), in its Climate Outlook Report January-June 2023, which was presented during the 155th Climate Forum last December 2022, estimated rainfall in the country for January...
