Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri today September 6 thanked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chaired by Senator Francis Tolentino for a "a job well done." "He handled the hearing with professionalism, Napakabilis na nakuha ang mga detalye sa witnesses (He got the details from witnesses very...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Friday, September 2, slammed Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda for saying that the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/New Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF) is "not an enemy of the State." ‘’Senator Legarda is a friend and I respect...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on Monday, August 29 said "dialogue, diplomacy, and good neighborliness" are keys to solving Philippine-China territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). "The solution depends on that. But we have to also be ready to have a long time...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Friday, August 26 challenged Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman and Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) Executive Director Dennis Santiago to fix the agency and try to prevent it from being abolished. Pimentel...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, August 25 said he does not believe that the immediate abolition of the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Services (DBM-PS) would solve the corruption issues hounding the agency. Among the senators who believe the DBM-PS should be abolished...
Several witnesses or resource speakers want to appear physically before the joint public hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 23, of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee on the sugar importation mess to clear their names, Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino, Blue Ribbon...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino Last Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, I filed my bill on The Philippine Nuclear Regulation Act of 2022. It aims to regulate and promote the nuclear energy industry in the Philippines by providing for a regulatory framework on its control, use, and application. This...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings in the 19th Congress will not devolve into a political circus as they would no longer be allowed to continue ad infinitum, Senator Francis Tolentino said. During the organizational meeting of the 16-member committee Wednesday, Aug. 17, Tolentino reminded...
Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino visited on Saturday, Aug. 13 the earthquake-hit Abra province following the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rocked various parts of Northern Luzon last month. Tolentino, in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), personally turned...
'TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino As an archipelago, a strong Philippine Navy is of utmost importance to secure and preserve the safety, sovereignty, and independence of the country. The Navy is our first defense against incursions in the Philippine shores. Under Article X, Section 21 of the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed its support to a legislative move that seeks to institutionalize the use of the term "West Philippine Sea" to pertain to the air space, seabed, and subsoil on the western side of the Philippine archipelago. DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza...
If there are special hospitals for soldiers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon city should be designated as a special hospital for the country’s more than 500,000 public school teachers and their dependents, Senator Francis Tolentino said on Thursday,...
