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Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said Monday, October 11, that he is open to amending the Senate’s rules to grant journalist Maria Ressa the chamber’s Medal of Excellence for winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The Office of the President (OP) has assured senators that it will prioritize and speed up government programs and projects whose funds were identified as “for later release” (FLR), as well as the “institutional amendments” of lawmakers in this year’s national budget.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has praised the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) issuance of an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna vaccines for children aged 12 to 17.

The Senate decided on Wednesday, September 1, to further trim the number of employees who would be allowed to physically report for work due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in their ranks.

Lawmakers on Wednesday, September 1, raised the possibility of extending the validity of the government’s agreements with Manila Water Company and Maynilad Water Services Inc. up to 2046.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri maintained on Satuday, August 28, that the private sector should be allowed by the national government to procure vaccines on their own.

Senators on Thursday, Aug. 26, said they are banking on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines would be distributed equally to different regions in the Philippines once the government receives the 25 million doses of jabs that will arrive beginning September.

“It appears that we did not improve at all.”

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should be in charge of distributing the special risk allowances (SRA) of health workers if the Department of Health (DOH) cannot do the job, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Tuesday defended the Commission on Audit (COA) after President Duterte told his Cabinet to ignore the state auditors’ report after flagging the deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of the P67-billion worth of COVID-19 funds.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri prodded on Tuesday, August 17, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 to expedite the approval of the national government’s agreements with local government units and private companies seeking to purchase vaccines.

The Senate will not hold plenary sessions from August 9 to 11 as the government imposes anew the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila.

Members of the Senate are considering suspending plenary sessions in light of the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila from August 6 to 20.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri lamented on Friday, July 30, the “unnecessary” bureaucracy in the government’s Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, July 28, raised alarm over the possibility that less Filipino voters will participate in the 2022 elections due to the prevailing threat of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri bared Monday, July 26, that he has also accepted the invitation of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) to be one of the regional party’s senatorial bets for the 2022 elections.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Sunday, July 25 assured that the leadership of Senate President Vicente Sotto III “is steady.”

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 19, called on his fellow senators to attend their plenary sessions in person when they resume sessions next week.