Senator Francis Tolentino on Friday, July 21 urged the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to still monitor the proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite the government’s decision to disengage from the international tribunal. ...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, July 18 said he won’t go into hiding should the International Criminal Court (ICC) comes to the Philippines to arrest him. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB Photo) Dela Rosa, former Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Senator Francis N. Tolentino on Wednesday, July 5, warned that allowing the local screening of the motion picture Barbie would only lead to injurious consequences to the prestige of the Republic of the Philippines. “This will not just be an injurious to the Republic of the Philippines but would be...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, July 2 said future deferment of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) is still possible despite the recent Supreme Court decision invalidating the law postponing the 2022 BSKE. Tolentino is referring to the SC ruling which declared Republic...
Senator Francis Tolentino has emphasized the need for the country to have a more accessible health program as doctor shortage remained as one of the main concerns in the Philippines. In his speech during the 93rd National Assembly of the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines in Baguio city,...
Fresh innovations by the new leadership of the Department of Health (DOH) are needed to encourage Filipino nurses to remain in the country, Senator Francis N. Tolentino on Monday, June 12, said. Sen. Francis Tolentino (Senate...
(Photo by O/S Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go) Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, and Senators Christopher “Bong” Go and Francis Tolentino have visited Cambodia over the weekend to show the Senate's full...
The Senate blue ribbon committee on Monday, May 8 deferred anew its hearing on the alleged “state-sponsored” smuggling of 440,000 metric tons of sugar last February. Sen. Francis Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, on Monday, May 8, expressed his dismay on the absence of...
Senate panel sees volume of expired Covid-19 vaccines reaching over 60M With lesser people availing of COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is certain that the number of volume of expired vaccines would have reached over 60 million. Sen. Francis Tolentino,...
Senators on Tuesday, March 7 took turns castigating an Adamson University official over the school’s perceived negligence in preventing hazing practices committed by fraternities and sororities not officially recognized by their institution. During the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights...
The plan of the government in phasing out the public utility jeepney (PUJ) should be given a second look, Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino said. Tolentino thus joined Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, in advocating the restoration of jeepney drivers’...
‘TOL VIEWS Senator Francis Tolentino The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, (PAGASA), in its Climate Outlook Report January-June 2023, which was presented during the 155th Climate Forum last December 2022, estimated rainfall in the country for January...
