A Senate committee has approved on Wednesday, Sept. 20, the proposed budget for 2024 of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB). Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (Senate PRIB photo) The upper chamber’s subcommittee on finance, chaired by Sen....
Senators have expressed support for the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation's (Pagcor) move to transition solely as a regulatory body. Sen. Grace Poe believes that if the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) can effectively navigate its role as a regulator, it can...
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means has released its committee report that recommends the permanent banning of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) in the country. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian formally filed Committee Report No. 136 containing such recommendation on Wednesday,...
A Senate finance subcommittee has approved the P976 million budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and its attached agencies. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the Finance Subcommittee O hearing to deliberate on the proposed budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and...
A Senate panel on Tuesday, Sept. 19 has cited in contempt France Garcia Ruiz, the former employer of household helper Elvira Vergara due to her inconsistent answers in the continuing probe into the alleged maltreatment that the latter allegedly endured. Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino...
The Philippines is now poised to join other countries that honors and recognizes divorce. This, after a Senate panel approved the measure that provides absolute divorce in the Philippines. Senate Bill No. 2443, or the proposed “Dissolution of Marriage Act”, expands the...
The Senate subcommittee on finance has approved the proposed budget of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) for 2024. The DMW has proposed a P15.542-billion appropriation for next year. Of the amount, P11.9-billion would be allocated to the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III warned against the possible abuse regarding the issuance of the Presidential Certification of Necessity and Urgency stating that under the Constitution there's a requirement for it. Senate PRIB photo Pimentel pointed this out during...
Senator Mark Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies, pushed for the passage of the proposed Anti-Financial Account Scamming Act (AFASA) to ensure that no scammers will be able to defraud Filipino banking consumers in the long run. Sen. Mark...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) denied on Monday, Sept. 18 that it has troll farms or troll armies in the agency. Secretary Cheloy Vlicaria Garafil briefs senators on the proposed 2024 budget of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) and its attached agencies and...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go led the launch of the country’s 159th Malasakit Center at the Bislig District Hospital in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Bong Go Facebook page) Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said that the Malasakit...
Sen. Grace Poe believes that current problems being encountered in the online SIM registration process can be solved with better implementation than hitting pause on it temporarily. This is in response to the suggestion of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission's (PAOCC) to temporarily...
