Senators on Tuesday, June 25 welcomed the dismissal of the remaining drug cases that have been hurled against former senator Leila De Lima. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he is hoping that De Lima would still join in the upcoming 2025 senatorial elections and win a...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Friday, June 21 condemned the brutal assault of the China Coast Guard against Filipino troops at the West Philippine Sea. Hontiveros said the recent actions of the CCG at Ayungin Shoal must be condemned—repeatedly and...
Senator Loren Legarda said on Thursday, June 20, that she's 100 percent convinced that Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo "is not who she says she is." "She is not a simple person who grew up in a farm," she said in an interview. "But then how many more Alice Guos are there? Whether in political...
A new revelation regarding Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo's possible true identity has been unvieled through a document released by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said on Tuesday, June 18, that Alice Guo might be Guo Hua Ping who entered the Philippines on January 12,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, June 17 expressed alarm over the reported link of convicted former Technology and Resource Center Director General, Dennis Cunanan, to the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in both Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga. The senator said documents...
Senators have urged the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) to intensify its crackdown on unlicensed Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) that are still operating in the country, citing their threat to national security. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada...
Senators commended the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) initiative to investigate Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. BIR Commissioner Romeo D. Lumagui Jr. initiated a tax fraud investigation against Guo, who is currently under Senate scrutiny for various issues, including her citizenship. Sen. Risa...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Friday, June 7 vowed to also look into the reported “leakage” that marred authorities’ operation against a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) company in Pampanga. “Nagpupugay ako sa Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission...
While he is open to the idea of approving a divorce law in the Philippines, Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said this should only be allowed under extreme cases. Ejercito said he believes the act should be done when any of the spouses experience emotional or physical violence....
Sen. Risa Hontiveros is satisfied so long as the proposed divorce law in the Senate gets a "fair fight", something that advocates are pining for. Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros during Wednesday’s Kapihan sa Senado, June 5, 2024. (Senate PRIB photo) During the Kapihan sa Senado on...
Senators have expressed differing opinions on the newly approved reduction tariff on rice by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) that has already been approved by President Marcos. NEDA Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said that the reduction tariff on rice from 35 percent to 15...
Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo has claimed that the Chinese national that senators allege is her biological mother is actually her father’s mistress. Guo, in her five-paged personal letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality...
