Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero has filed a resolution seeking to honor the services, as well as the contributions to the country, of the upper chamber's former leader Juan Ponce Enrile. In filing Senate Resolution No. 1223, Escudero said that the former Senate President deserves the...
OF TREES AND FOREST Eighty-nine years ago, on Nov. 15, 1935, the Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated. This political arrangement, provided for under the Philippine Independence Act of 1934, otherwise known as the Tydings-McDuffie Act, is a 10-year transitional government in...
Senators hailed on Thursday, November 7, the signing into law of Republic Act (RA) No. 12063, the Enterprise-Based Education and Training (EBET) Framework Act, which is considered a significant milestone in the country's effort to address the perennial problem of job-skills mismatch. (Screenshot...
OF TREES AND FORESTS In this column, I often write about the challenges faced by new entrepreneurs. I have advised young business owners to be prepared to make sacrifices, to deal with obstacles, and be prepared to fail. It is certainly not my intention to discourage anyone from taking that leap of...
Two more senators on Tuesday, November 5, expressed opposition to the deferment of the 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero filed a bill to formalize his proposal seeking to defer the BARMM...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, Nov. 5, that he's keen on questioning the Senate leadership should it submit a certified copy of the transcript of the Senate's drug war probe to the International Criminal Court (ICC). This was after Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero stated...
Two senators have expressed differing views regarding the deferment of the 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said on Monday, Nov. 4, that postponing BARMM polls through a bill would be a very difficult task...
OF TREES AND FOREST Faith is something that is deeply personal but also communal. The religion and spirituality that we embrace is our personal relationship with God. What we believe in is rooted in our experience as a person. We are first exposed to it through our family, specifically our parents....
After making admissions during the public hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, Senate President Francis “Chiz" Escudero considers these statements made by former President Rodrigo Duterte as a first step for him toward taking full responsibility for the bloody war on drugs undertaken...
Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero ordered on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the partial suspension of Senate work due to the inclement weather brought by Tropical Storm Kristine. "All other Secretariat employees need not report for work. Senate proper employees may or may not be required to report for...
OF TREES AND FOREST The National Capital Region (NCR) was established on June 2, 1978 by the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos through Presidential Decree No. 1396, which also created the Department of Human Settlements. This presidential edict amended PD 824 of November 1975, which...
Senators on Friday, Oct. 18, hailed the signing into law of Republic Act (RA) 12028 or the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Act which seeks to accelerate learning recovery and address the education gaps worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. In his speech during the ceremonial signing...
