Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has vowed anew to advance a comprehensive and inclusive anti-discrimination measure that goes beyond the scope of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality bill. In a statement Friday, Dec. 1, Villanueva stressed the need for an...
Senators on Thursday, November 23 urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to devise all means to bring back home 17 Filipino seafarers who were held hostage by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva offered his prayers for the safety of the 17...
While social media makes it apparent that crime is rampant, the top official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that it's actually on a downtrend except for homicide. In an interview on Friday, Nov. 17, following the plenary deliberations of the 2024 budget of the PNP, Police Gen....
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Monday, Nov. 13 that seasonal employment should not be a benchmark of the country's low unemployment rate. This, the Senate official pushed for more quality jobs for the Filipinos. "Magandang aginaldo po ang trabaho para sa ating mga kababayan....
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva thanked Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio for expressing Japan's willingness to continue to partner with the Philippines in various areas. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his speech in Nihongo before the members of the Congress in a special...
Senators renewed their call on Monday, Oct. 30 to ban Philippine Overseas Gaming Operators (POGOs) and create stiffer regulations in the country following a raid in Pasay City that resulted in the rescue of more than 700 individuals. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said that it baffles...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said that while he's not questioning the credibility of the organizers of the 19th Asian Games, he's puzzled with regard to the timing of the release of Justin Brownlee's failed doping test result. In an interview, Villanueva said that it was alarming that the...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said on Wednesday, October 11 that he will fight for the confidential funds of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). This was after the agency was stripped of its confidential funds under the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to make sure that there will be funding for the increase in the monthly social pension of the country's indigent senior citizens. Villanueva, the principal sponsor of the Increased Social Pension...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, June 29 she will strive to get the support of the majority of the members of the Senate on the resolution that seeks to raise the issue of China’s incursions in the West Philippine Sea to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)....
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co believes that House Speaker Martin Romualdez's prior experience as majority leader has benefitted the lower chamber in terms of passing measures in the soonest possible time. Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right)...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 8, called on the Senate leadership to remand Committee Report No. 15 back to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality so it can reopen hearings on the SOGIE bill. Hontiveros lamented that she was all ready to...
