Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla wants the death penalty for law enforcers and elective officials involved in the illegal drug trade through Senate Bill 2217. Sen. Robinhood “Robin” Padilla (Senate PRIB Photo) Padilla said the leniency of current laws has caused a "sorry...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Sunday evening, May 21 confirmed that he tested positive again for the coronavirus or Covid-19. “Can’t believe it, that we got Covid-19 for the 3rd time,” Villanueva said in a message to reporters on Viber. According to Villanueva, he started...
Sixteen (16) transmission projects of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) that were considered Energy Projects of National Significance (EPNS) were delayed and only six of them have reached completion, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Sunday, May 21. Gatchalian said...
Senator Rafael “Raffy” Tulfo is now seeking a Senate investigation into the operations of the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) amid the power outages that hit the Island Garden City of Samal. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, said there is basis to prove...
Senator Grace Poe led family members and friends of the late “Queen of Philippine Movies” Susan Roces at the Manila North Cemetery to remember her legacy on her first death anniversary. Senator Grace Poe leads family members and friends in remembering and honoring the legacy of her...
Cartel behavior is to blame for the unabated high prices of sugar in the market, Senator Risa Hontiveros said. The senator lamented that the price of sugar should have dropped in the market following Malacañang's directive to allow the importation of 440,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar but this...
BETTER DAYS Early this month the World Health Organization (WHO) ended Covid-19’s status as a public health emergency of international concern. This has been in place since Jan. 30, 2020 so understandably there was a collective sigh of relief from people of all nations, including here in the...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada The chairman of the Senate National Defense Committee on Saturday, May 20, asked his colleagues in the 24-member Senate as well as other government officials to visit the Pag-asa island chain in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to see its dilapidated buildings hit by storm...
(Unsplash) Senator Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero has filed a bill that would enable the Office of the Ombudsman to retain at least 30 percent of the value of the ill-gotten assets acquired from the forfeiture cases that the government won in courts against corrupt public officials. Escudero...
Senator Bong Revilla (2nd from right, seated) is reinstalled as Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) chairman. To his left is his wife, Cavite 2nd district Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla; and to his right is House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Rep. Mercado-Revilla's Facebook) Senator Bong Revilla...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has called on lawmakers to consider legislating a value-added tax (VAT) refund mechanism for foreign tourists to boost visitor arrivals in the Philippines. Estrada said granting a rebate of the 12 percent VAT on goods they bought from the country, similar to...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called on the Department of Education (DepEd) to open up its education-related data for analysis so that the government can address learning loss in the Philippines, brought about by school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic, more effectively with the help of...
