The office of Senator Robinhood Padilla on Monday, Aug. 18, announced the resignation of actress Nadia Montenegro as one of its political officers, following allegations that she used marijuana within Senate premises. In her written explanation addressed to Padilla’s office, Montenegro recounted...
Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III has urged Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero to issue an order to conduct mandatory random drug testing in the Upper Chamber following reports of a senator’s staff is now being investigated over allegedly using marijuana inside the Senate’s...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan tagged as 'fake news ' the claims that minors who committed crimes cannot be punished or prosecuted under the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006. In his interpellation of Senator Robinhood Padilla 's privilege speech Wednesday, Aug. 13,...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has called for an investigation into reports that one of his staff was caught smoking marijuana within the premises of the Senate. Lawyer Rudolf Philip Jurado, Padilla 's chief-of-staff, said on Thursday, Aug. 14, that they have asked for a written...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte brushed aside Makabayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima opposition to Sen. Robin Padilla’s proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15- to 12-years-old. In a media interview on Friday, July 25, Rep....
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has filed a bill seeking to institutionalize the civil partnership of same sex couples. Once enacted, the unnumbered bill shall be known as the Civil Partnership Act. Under its Declaration of Policy, it says that the State shall recognize the need to protect its...
Senator Robinhood Padilla has filed a bill lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 10. The unnumbered bill seeks to amend Republic Act (RA) No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006, r emoving criminal liability exemptions for offenders aged 10 to 17 who commit...
Senators Christopher “Bong” Go, Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, and Robinhood Padilla have jointly filed a Senate resolution on Monday, July 14, urging the Philippine government to advocate before the International Criminal Court (ICC) the interim release of former president Rodrigo Duterte and a...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa hopes that if former President Rodrigo Duterte dies, he will die in the Philippines, and not in another country. After all, Duterte is a former Philippine president, Dela Rosa said. In a press conference on Wednesday, July 9, Dela Rosa confirmed that he signed a...
Senators Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa have signed the Senate resolution seeking the immediate repatriation of former president Rodrigo Duterte back to the Philippines. The resolution, which has yet to be filed by Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla in the 20th Congress,...
Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla has renewed his push for the bill prescribing marijuana for medical purposes and expanding access to medical cannabis as a medical treatment. Padilla refiled the bill on Monday, June 30 as senators rush to file their first 10 priority measures for the 20th...
Vice President Sara Duterte said she would rather be “single and ready to mingle in politics” than be tied down to a political party, such as her father’s Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). With Senator Robin Padilla taking a leave from his duties as president of...
