The Senate on Monday, March 4 adopted three concurrent resolutions favoring President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s grant of amnesty to various rebel and insurgent groups in the country. The Senate’s concurrence happened less than three months after the President signed the presidential...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 4 expressed hope that the Senate minority bloc would be able to gather a sufficient number of support from colleagues to block the proposed economic amendments to the 1987 Constitution. Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has cautioned his colleagues against proceeding with future hearings on Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 without any clear set of guidelines stipulated in the Senate rules. During the Senate’s plenary session on Wednesday, February 28, Escudero pointed...
The Senate adopted a concurrent resolution on Wednesday, Feb. 28, granting consent to former defense chief Delfin Lorenzana to accept an award from the United States government. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, who introduced Concurrent Resolution No. 10, said the United States Embassy in...
The Senate on Tuesday, February 27 unanimously adopted Senate Resolution No. 929 honoring the global contributions of South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-Moon, the 8 th secretary general of the United Nations General Assembly. President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri, together with the other...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay has accepted the apology Senator Robinhood Padilla has extended to her office and the Senate. Binay, in her letter to Padilla, confirmed she has already received his letter of apology, which he sent yesterday, Monday, February 26. Padilla has...
The Senate on Monday, February 26, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2492 or the proposed Philippine Maritime Zones Act which sets archipelagic boundaries in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) and the 2016 The Hague arbitral ruling. ...
Senator Robinhood Padilla on Monday, February 26 called for a stop to the “Vitamin C” drip controversy surrounding his wife, actress-host Mariel Rodriguez-Padilla. Padilla made the call in a brief interview before the start of the Senate’s 3 p.m. plenary session. ...
Senator Robinhood Padilla’s wife, actress-host Mariel Rodriguez, on Sunday, February 25 apologized to the Senate and the public for receiving a “Vitamin C” drip inside the office of her husband. In her statement, which was posted by Padilla on Facebook, Rodriguez clarified...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expressed his disappointment after leaders of the House of Representatives insisted on their stand on the issue of voting on Charter change. This after Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3 rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. and Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre...
The Senate on Monday, February 19 approved on third and final reading the bill mandating a P100-daily pay increase for daily minimum wage earners estimated to be around 4.2 million nationwide. Twenty (20) senators voted in favor of the approval of Senate Bill No. 2534 or the proposed P100...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri has signed the subpoena against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. Sen. Risa Hontiveros revealed this at the continuation of the Senate Committee on Women and Children's inquiry into the alleged human trafficking and sexual...
