The Senate has approved on third and final reading Senate Bill (SB) No. 2219 extending the period of availment of estate tax amnesty. "Narinig po natin ang panawagan ng ating mga taxpayers, at ito na po ang ating sagot sa kanila (We heard the call of our taxpayers and this is our answer to...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Monday, May 29 joined his colleagues in expressing outrage at how people lie or perjure themselves before the Senate and government bodies. The crime of perjury crosses political lines, Zubiri said as Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva referred to...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri on Tuesday, May 23, expressed his support for the sugar industry and the sugar farmers. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged irregularities on sugar importation under Sugar Order...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, May 22, expressed his full support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program. Zubiri stressed this after paying official visit to the Philippine Army (PA) for a briefing on the Army's modernization plans, particularly as it...
Don’t blame us. Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Tuesday, May 16, issued this statement after stressing that passage of a bill requires the reglamentary legislative process. Zubiri was apparently piqued at Congressman Joey Salceda who has called on the Senate to pass quickly a bill that...
(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...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, May 8, led the christening of two new patrol gunboats and the blessing of the newly upgraded Naval Shipbuilding Center at the Naval Shipyard in Cavite City. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is flanked by Israeli Ambassador Elan Fluss and Rear...
Senate leaders favor a legislated P150 a daily wage increase, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, May 4, said. During a radio interview, Zubiri said the support of Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, a pro-labor lawmaker, and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III could help...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Friday, April 28, sent his support to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. ahead of the President’s departure for an official mission to the United States on April 30. The official mission includes a meeting with US President Joe Biden on May 1....
Senators are now keen on pushing the passage of a bill seeking to establish the country’s first ever Center for Autism as the number of cases of persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the Philippines rises. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, Senators Joseph Victor...
A delegation of Philippine senators led by Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri met with their counterparts in the Japanese Diet, particularly members of the Japan Philippine Parliamentarians Friendship League (JPPFL), headed by Chairman Moriyama Hiroshi on Tuesday, April 4. ...
Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri attended the signing of a lease agreement between Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. (EVT) and real estate developer Berthaphil, Inc., to cement EVT’s move to establish a manufacturing facility at the Clark Freeport Zone. EVT is a United States-based transportation...