Senator Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero said today, July 11, the Marcos administration should act on uncollected P200 billion which is far more than any projected revenue of the new taxes it is mulling. ‘’I think the first order of business for the new Finance Secretary is to plug loopholes,...
Senators welcomed on Thursday, July 7, the decision of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. abolishing the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of the Cabinet secretary. Senator Aquilino Pimentel III said ‘’streamlining is a good development for me as I am for eliminating...
Senator-elect Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, June 29 took his oath of office before Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo at the Supreme Court. Returning Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero takes his oath as Senator Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The oath-taking was administered by Supreme Court...
Senator-elect and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero would be joining the Senate majority bloc. Escudero, in a text message, to reporters, confirmed he would be voting for Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri as the next Senate President in the 19th Congress. Zubiri, in response,...
Senators on Tuesday lauded incoming President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to take over the leadership of the Department of Agriculture (DA) when he assumes office on June 30. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) Senator Sonny Angara said it is the President’s...
Senators on Sunday, June 12 urged Filipinos to commemorate the 124th year of Philippine’s independence remembering the sacrifices that the country’s heroes gave and toiled for liberty and for the nation’s right to carve its own path and identity. Senators gather in the Senate plenary in the...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Senator Risa Hontiveros are now in the process of ironing the details of how they will lead the minority bloc in the Senate should there be no other senators who would join them in the group. In an interview on CNN Philippines, Pimentel said Hontiveros...
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday, June 6 defended actor and Senator-elect Robin Padilla against critics who questioned his impending chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments in the 19th Congress. Senator-elect Robin Padilla (Ali Vicoy/MB) Escudero said no...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero and his wife, social media celebrity and actress Heart Evangelista-Escudero were among the early voters in Sorsogon City. chiz, heart Escudero the only incumbent provincial chief executive who is running for senator. He and his...
On Mother’s Day, senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero honored his wife, celebrity actress Heart Evangelista, his mom Evelina Guevarra Escudero, and his mother-in-law, Cecilia Ongpauco. Escudero made the tribute as he joins the whole Filipino community in...
Sorsogon Governor Framcis "Chiz" Escudero ranked among the 12 senatorial aspirants found to be the “greenest” by Luntiang Bayan, an alliance of pro-environment groups that assessed the electoral platforms and performance of the over 60 bets for the Senate. Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz”...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday thanked the influential religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) for supporting his bid to return to the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Escudero personally thanked the INC’s leader Eduardo V. Manalo for...
