Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V corrected his colleague, SAGiP Party-list Rep. Paolo Marcoleta on Friday, May 29 regarding the latter 's claim that virtual voting had always been permitted in the House of Representatives. Ortega gave context to this emergency-based...
President Marcos said he watched “with horror” the recent controversies surrounding the Senate, lamenting what he described as the institution 's decline compared to when he served as a senator. Speaking to Manila-based reporters in Tokyo, Marcos said he and Executive Secretary Ralph Recto...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, May 29 pushed back against Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s claim that the minority bloc “scampered out of the session hall” after a tensed debate on Senate rules. On the contrary, Lacson said it was the majority bloc who “scampered out of...
Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, May 29, described the plunder case filed against Senator Jinggoy Estrada before the Sandiganbayan as “political persecution,” claiming the move was part of an effort to weaken the Senate majority bloc. In a statement sent to reporters, Marcos questioned the...
The "forthwith" debacle has once again reared its head, this time in the 2026 Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after House prosecution panel spokesperson Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong opined that the July 6 trial start date set by the Senate was...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday, May 28 said he is prepared to exhaust all legal remedies in fighting another battle in court. This, after the Office of the Ombudsman formally filed plunder and graft cases against him and several others in connection to his alleged involvement in the...
House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st Rep. Jay Khonghun rebuked members of the Senate majority bloc for supposedly being poor role models to the Filipino youth. This was mainly due to the majority senators ' proposal to allow remote participation and voting for senators who may be absent or facing...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, May 28 said including foreign conflicts under “force majeure” to justify remote participation and voting in Senate proceedings would be an “unforced error.” Lacson pointed this out in referrence to Sen. Robinhood Padilla’s social media post...
Senator Robin Padilla again defended Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa amid debates over proposals allowing senators to attend sessions online, saying the latter’s situation is far different from simply refusing to physically report to the Senate. In a Facebook post on Thursday, May 28, Padilla...
More than two weeks after a series of gunfire rocked the Senate, the Filipino people are still asking, “Was it related to the escape of Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa?” On Thursday, May 28, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ended all the speculations and conspiracy...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 28, rejected claims by Senator Robin Padilla that global tensions and looming climate threats could justify the Senate’s continued use of virtual attendance. In a television interview on Unang Hirit, Hontiveros stated that lawmakers should instead report...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre claims that he is already seeing a smear campaign against the 11-member House prosecution team in Vice President Sara Duterte 's upcoming Senate impeachment trial. While he couldn 't say who is behind such campaign, Acidre theorized that the purpose for...
