“Goodbye, trolls!” Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon assured that the proposed SIM Card Registration Act will strengthen the fight against online trolls and cyber libel once it is enacted into law. The Senate and the House of Representatives earlier approved the SIM Card Registratin Act...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday expressed his opposition to the proposed measure that seeks to declare June 21 of every year as a special non-working holiday in Tagaytay City. Drilon said he strongly opposes the imposition of a special non-working holiday in Tagaytay City as it...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday said he is now prepared to retire from public service when he finishes his second consecutive six-year term in the Senate this year. “I have been in politics, in government service for over three decades. I am proud of my record. I can stand on...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said Malacañang and the Department of Justice (DOJ) should not allow Public Attorneys Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta to report to work for her continued refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Drilon said he finds it unacceptable that...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Monday said he is confident that the newly-signed law easing the entry of foreign retail enterprises in the Philippines will help pave the way for the country’s economic recovery. Drilon is referring to Republic Act No. 11595 also known as the Retail...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday criticized the government over the P1.44-trillion worth of infrastructure projects that the Commission on Audit (COA) had earlier flagged. COA has called out 17 government agencies over delayed, abandoned and idle infrastructure projects amounting...
The Duterte administration can tap over P20 billion that are under the proposed national budget for 2022 to help victims of Typhoon Odette. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement in response to President Duterte’s statement the government may be having...
The measure that would provide immediate solution to the dilemmas faced by franchise applicants whose renewal of legislative franchise had been filed but remained pending in Congress has hurdled second reading. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, author of Senate Bill No. 1530, said he expects...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday pushed for a measure that would require social media platforms to disclose the identity of "trolls" to curb the rising number of abuses done in the online community. Drilon, during the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision's...
If the Palace race is akin to courting someone, then presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo tried to woo Ilonggos on Saturday, Dec. 4, by telling them that she has always loved going back to their province because Ilonggos are her “favorite.” Presidential aspirant and Vice President...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday called on Ilonggos to show their support to Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Robredo is set to visit Iloilo on Friday to meet and personally thank her supporters in the city and meet with...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday reiterated that the financial documents they have been asking from Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong are relevant for the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s probe into the procurement of overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies. Drilon said these documents...
