Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution urging the Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) to undertake comprehensive capacity-building training programs and to develop and institutionalize a formal operations manual to ensure effective security operations within the Senate of the...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, May 21, said the Senate is eyeing July 6 as the start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a radio interview on DZMM, Tulfo said this was according to the discussions made after the all-member caucus on Wednesday, May 20. Tulfo said the...
Senator Pia Cayetano was elected on Wednesday, May 20, as the new chairperson of the powerful Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, who was the panel 's previous chair, has yet to conclude the panel 's investigation into the anomalous flood control scandal in the...
Suspended Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca said on Wednesday, May 20, that the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage released on the night of the Senate shooting incident was spliced to support the narrative that there was no attack on the institution. "We are preparing the complete videos...
The Office of the Ombudsman has requested the Senate’s Public Relations and Information Bureau (PRIB) to submit records related to media personnel present during the May 13 shooting incident inside the Senate. In a letter dated May 15 addressed to PRIB Director Michael Caber, the Ombudsman’s...
Senator Imee Marcos, on Monday, May 18, seemingly threw shade at the alleged failure of the rumored coup attempt against Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. Rumors of a coup plot against Cayetano 's leadership grew over the weekend following the shooting incident that occurred within the...
With the formation of the new majority bloc under Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano, some senators from the new minority bloc were stripped of their committee chairmanships after new ones were designated. Senator Risa Hontiveros loses chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Health and...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa does not want to be kidnapped. Senator Robinhood Padilla said this to reporters on Monday, May 18, when asked why the senator is hiding despite the absence of an arrest warrant against him. "Basta ako Si Bato ayaw niyang makidnap (What I know is Bato does not want...
After stating in an interview that it could not find closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showing the movements of its personnel, the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) admitted on Saturday, May 16, that it had footage of the shooting incident covering the concerned areas of the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Saturday, May 16 called for a transparent investigation into the recent unrest inside the Senate, as he noted that the incidents delayed the passage of important legislative measures. In a statement, Tulfo lamented that several key bills scheduled for sponsorship have been...
Senator Loren Legarda hailed the third-reading approval of Senate Bill No. 1894, a measure that seeks to strengthen the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, or Republic Act No. 10931, by improving the implementation of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES). The proposed measure aims...
Amid calls for an investigation, the Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) said on Friday, May 15, that it could not find closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage showing the movements of its personnel and Marines during the recent shooting incident inside the Senate complex. In a radio interview...