Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Monday, August 7, said the “provocative, illegal and dangerous”maneuvers by a Chinese Guard vessel on a smaller Philippine Coast Guard vessel last week in the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the latest manifestation of China’s “might vs....
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, August 7 has called on lawmakers to review the current provisions in the procurement law to help the country’s armed forces develop a credible defense posturing necessary to defend the country from external aggressions, particulary in the...
Senators on Sunday, August 6 crossed partylines in asking the government to heed the Senate’s recommendations on the West Philippine Sea following the Chinese Coast Guard’s (CCG) illegal use of water cannon against a Philippine vessel. (Philippine Coast Guard/Facebook photo) The CCG used...
New Bilibid Prisons (MB file photo) Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Sunday, August 6 said he will ask authorities of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) why they allowed persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) to accept food deliveries through online apps like GrabFood and...
Senators are keen on scrutinizing all requests for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) under the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, said he will check how and where the proposed CIFs of all...
As the country faces a possible rice crisis, Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri said he has proposed the creation of Rice Producing Zones (RPZs) in various regions of the country to the President....
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday, August 3 said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is well aware of the Senate’s stand on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Members of the Senate majority bloc together with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his wife...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has acknowledged the Senate's call for the agency to raise a voice before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with regards to the Chinese harassment in the West Philippine Sea and to act on its activities. DFA's backing came as lawmakers adopted a...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Wednesday, August 2, said he will urge President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to be firm in his "balancing" act in dealing with China on the country’s territorial claim over the West Philippine Sea. Zubiri revealed that he and other senators,...
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...
OF TREES AND FOREST President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has formally lifted the state of public health emergency declared due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) by issuing Proclamation 297. Informally, of course, the public has been acting like the pandemic is over since 2022. People have...
The Senate has unanimously approved the resolution strongly condemning the continued harassment of Filipino fishermen and the persistent incursions in the West Philippine Sea by the Chinese Coast Guard and militia vessels. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri...
