In less than an hour, a Senate finance subcommittee panel swiftly approved on Monday, Sept. 29, the Office of the Vice President 's (OVP) proposed budget for 2026, amounting to P902.895 million, for plenary consideration. This was after Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri cited...
Days after making a disclosure linking Senators Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada and Joel Villanueva to the flood control projects controversy, physical custody over former Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez stirred a two-hour discussion in the Senate on Monday, Sept. 15. During...
Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. is pushing for the refiling and eventual passage of a bill that will allow telecommunications operators to crack down on online piracy. In a statement, Globe urged lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate to reintroduce a measure that will...
Members of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA), responsible for confirming or rejecting presidential appointees, swore in and elected officers during its first plenary session on Tuesday, Aug. 26, for the 20th Congress. During Tuesday’s plenary session, August 26, 2025, Senate President...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" declared on Saturday, Aug. 23 that senators were not beyond suspicion in the controversy on anomalous and "ghost" flood control projects. Lacson claimed that both his fellow senators and House members introduced insertions or amendments in the national budget bill, thus his...
Senator Raffy Tulfo announced on Monday, August 18, that he, along with his entire staff, would undergo mandatory drug testing on Tuesday. "As a matter of fact, I already told my staff, my chief-of-staff, na tumulong magpadala dito ng taga Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and pwedeng...
The office of Senator Robinhood Padilla on Monday, Aug. 18, announced the resignation of actress Nadia Montenegro as one of its political officers, following allegations that she used marijuana within Senate premises. In her written explanation addressed to Padilla’s office, Montenegro recounted...
Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri announced on Saturday, Aug. 16, that he and his entire staff will undergo mandatory drug testing on Monday. This, as he outlined a plan that places accountability on record and urged peers to adopt the same standard across the chamber. Zubiri framed the...
Some senators are supporting the call for random drug testing in the upper chamber, following an incident of alleged marijuana use within its premises. It was Senate Minority Leader Vicente "Tito Sotto" III who first made the call. He stated that random drug testing was in effect among the Senate...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has called for an investigation into reports that one of his staff was caught smoking marijuana within the premises of the Senate. Lawyer Rudolf Philip Jurado, Padilla 's chief-of-staff, said on Thursday, Aug. 14, that they have asked for a written...
The demolition job against Senate leaders had been happening since the House of Representatives failed to pursue the People’s Initiative, Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said on Tuesday, August 12. Ejercito pointed this out after reports linking Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero...
With 19 senators voting in the affirmative, four against, and one abstention, the Senate moved to archive the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte, adhering to the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring the impeachment process initiated by the House of Representatives as...
