OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar A statement released by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and picked up by various news organizations has stirred the pot among Filipino netizens online. In the statement dated July 9, 2021, the DTI’s Bureau of Philippine Standards...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will not be spared in the proposed Senate investigation into the proliferation of allegedly state-funded trolls. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Panfilo Lacson said he will also raise issues in the PCOO when...
Multinational giants Chevron Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell have pocketed over P350 billion in revenues from the Malampaya gas field project prior to their respective exits from the venture. As culled from government documents, the royalty share of the two foreign energy giants had been on top...
The Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship has approved a bill that would protect delivery riders against hoax orders and cancellations. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, committee chairman, disclosed Tuesday, July 13, that he already filed...
Widowed after assassins executed her husband three years ago, a congresswoman claimed on Monday, July 12 that she has become the latest target of an assassination plot to be carried out by a “gun-for-hire” group operating in La Union. Gun .45 caliber Rep. Sandra Eriguel (Second District, La...
Twelve senators are calling for an investigation on reports that public funds are being spent on troll farms that spread misinformation thru social media. (Dawid Sokolowski/UNSPLASH) Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, and...
A resolution seeking to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Philippine’s historic legal victory at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague has been filed in the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, author of Senate Resolution No. 769, said the country’s victory at...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 8 urged the Senate to include the investigation into the C-130 plane crash that killed more than 50 persons—mostly soldiers—in its priority legislative agenda when Congress resumes sessions on July 26. Hontiveros said senators really have to get to the...
Former Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Wednesday that he might run for senator again in the 2022 elections but he only wants one candidate from their family to run for the position. Former Senators JV Ejercito and Jinggoy Estrada In an interview with ANC, Estrada, when asked if he would run again...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque hoped that God will finally allow him to run for senator in the 2022 elections, saying God told him that someone from Central Luzon might be needed in the Senate. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Roque made the statement as he attended...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar In my column last June 16, 2021 entitled “Can elections be meaningful in a pandemic?”, I discussed the imperative for our election officials to learn from the lessons of countries who decided to push through with democratic elections...
Malacañang wishes Senator Manny Pacquiao good luck on his fight versus Errol Spence on August 21, but Presidential spokesman Harry Roque threw shade at the boxing champion-turned-senator, saying his greatness does not go beyond the boxing ring. Senator Manny Pacquiao and Presidential spokesman...
