Senator Raffy Tulfo (Senate PRIB) Senator Raffy Tulfo hailed on Saturday, Aug. 12, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for heeding his call to suspend the three percent National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) franchise tax being passed on to consumers. In...
Senator Raffy T. Tulfo is angry about a government program sending high-ranking officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in China to study and train at its military academy with the Chinese government paying all expenses. This program was divulged by Senator Francis...
A bill seeking to optimize the leisure rights of senior citizens by granting them a 20 percent discount on travel tax is now being pushed in the Senate. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in filing Senate Bill No. 2379, said the bill aims to encourage the elderly to travel, explore new places,...
Sen. Francis “Tol” Tolentino has vowed to ferret out the truth on the alleged multi-million pesos National Irrigation Administration (NIA) projects irregularities. Tolentino stressed this when he presided over the Blue Ribbon Committee public hearing on the alleged NIA project irregularities...
Senators on Wednesday, August 2, grilled members of the Philippine National Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) over the alleged lapses in the raid they conducted on a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Las Piñas City last June. Senators Raffy Tulfo and Risa Hontiveros grill...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday, July 31, has filed a separate resolution seeking an investigation into the Rizal boat tragedy. Sen. Raffy Tulfo (Senate PRIB Photo) Tulfo also said he would seek the filing of appropriate charges against concerned...
Senator Raffy Tulfo Senator Raffy Tulfo on Saturday, July 29 demanded accountability from authorities for the deaths of 27 passengers of motorbanca Princess Aya that capsized off Binangonan, Rizal. It was reported that Princess Aya’s maximum capacity is only 30 passengers but it was allowed to...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Tuesday. July 25, pressed the Senate to pass Senate Bill 2267, or the Waste-to-Energy Act. Senator Raffy Tulfo, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Energy, sponsors a bill which promotes the use of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities for the proper management and disposal of...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday, July 12, called for a review of the franchise tax of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) amid delays in the completion of its 37 transmission projects. Sen. Raffy Tulfo presides over the Senate Committee on Energy hearing on the Department of...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has given President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. an excellent rating for his first year in office. “He is doing an excellent job,” Tulfo replied to a Senate media query on how he rates President Marcos’ performance ahead of his scheduled July 24 second State of...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday, July 10 slammed the lack of coordination between police, immigration officers, state gaming regulators and labor agencies in addressing issues related to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO)....
The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga is like a ghost town, according to Sen. Raffy Tulfo. The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, made the observation after...
