Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino said on Friday, Jan. 10, that the Senate will prioritize four key bills when the regular session resumes amid a busy legislative agenda. These include postponing the 2025 barangay elections, modernizing the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...
‘TOL VIEWS Millions of devotees are joined in prayer and adoration as we celebrate today the annual Feast of Jesus Nazareno. Converging from various parts of the country and from all walks of life, devotees painstakingly join the Traslacion, bringing their heartfelt yearnings to our dear Señor...
Senator Raffy Tulfo hailed the signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 12021 or the “Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers” on Wednesday, January 8. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers and principal sponsor as well as one of the main authors of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday, January 8, that they are working on a separate resolution that seeks to investigate the apparent failure of banks and other financial institutions to flag suspicious transactions of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). "Kasi nga yan yung isang...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian refused to comment on rumors that he and former beauty queen-turned-actress Bianca Manalo have separated. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (MB File Photo) "Alam niyo naman di ako nagcocomment sa personal life ko (You know I don't comment about my personal life)," Gatchalian said...
OF TREES AND FOREST People who have suggested that I should retire and just sit back and enjoy the “fruits of my labor” do not really know me. I have been working all my life. Since the first time I walked with my mother from our Tondo house to Divisoria until today, I have always been an...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for sustained action against Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) to ensure that the industry's remnants are effectively purged. “More than ever, we need to sustain our efforts to clear out all criminal syndicates that are products of POGOs. We must...
Over 1,000 volunteers, staff, and assets will be deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to assist devotees participating in this year’s Feast of Jesus Nazareno activities. (PRC Chairman and CEO Richard Gordon and PRC Secretary General Gwen Pang / Photo from Philippine Red Cross) “The...
For humanitarian reasons, Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino expressed his full support for the government's actions to allow the entry of 300 Afghan nationals — individuals who aided American forces and their families composed mostly of children — in the Philippines for the processing of...
FINDING ANSWERS The largest spectacle of Catholic faith in the Philippines unfolds anew this Thursday as millions of devotees celebrate the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno, highlighted by the phenomenal frenzy of Traslacion when the dark-skinned statue of a suffering Christ inches its way from Luneta...
FINDING ANSWERS It’s New Year’s Eve, a time to be very hopeful of the coming year. But for those who are so worried of the unknown, who sense danger in the darkness ahead, the following would bring solace. “And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: ‘Give me light that I may...
Senator Robinhood Padilla is pushing for integrity and public trust in the government under the proposed New Auditing Act, which he has sponspored in the Senate. In his sponsorship speech for Senate Bill (SB) No.2907, Padilla said no less than the 1987 Constitution decrees, "Public office is a...
