The Senate recognised on Monday, Dec. 5 the contribution of the University of Santo Tomas – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (UST-FMS) to the medical and health care education in the country. In a unanimous vote, the Senate adopted Proposed Senate Resolution 336 (Adopted Resolution 31) citing...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, December 5 welcomed an Israeli delegation led by Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss and Deputy Chief of Mission Nir Balsam during its visit to the Philippine Senate. In today’s Senate plenary session, Zubiri expressed his appreciation...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Friday, December 2 said he will ask a select group of senators to carefully study a bill at the House of Representatives seeking to create a Maharlika Investment Act "and give the Senate feedback on the essence of the Fund." Members of the group include...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Thursday, Nov. 24 warned the Executive branch that it would chop off the controversial confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) in the 2024 national budget if there is mismanagement in the 2023 national budget. ‘’Let me reiterate my position when...
The Philippine Senate has expressed its desire to learn more about Vietnam’s policies and programs, that allowed for them to become a regional powerhouse in a short span of time. This includes the need for the Philippines and Vietnam to exchange further research and technologies in agriculture,...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri received Vietnamese Ambassador Hoang Huy Chung at the Senate on Monday to discuss ways to improve the strategic partnership between the Philippines and Vietnam, and the upcoming visit of the Vietnamese parliamentary delegation to the Philippines on...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Monday, November 21 sponsored Senate Resolution 302 creating a ‘’Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds (CIFs). The Senate minority group led by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III had questioned the necessity...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri called on Science and Technology Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. to strengthen the county’s science sector to minimize the negative impacts of disasters. Zubiri made the call during the plenary deliberation of the proposed P24.67 billion budget of the...
Senators have warned the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) that having more than two deputy director generals is already a violation of the law. Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva pointed this out at the continuation...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, November 8 urged telecommunications companies (Telcos) and internet service providers (ISPs) to improve their services. Zubiri has filed Senate Bill 1381, or Better Internet Act, which requires all public telecommunications entities (telcos) and...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri had ‘’a very productive’’ two-hour meeting Wednesday, Aug. 18 with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. In Malacañang on the sugar supply and importation problems. ‘’I led a delegation of stakeholders from the farmers, millers, sugar...
There will be fewer vetoed bills by Malacañang in the 19th Congress, Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe confidently declared. Clockwise: Senate President Migz Zubiri, Speaker Martin Romualdez, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker's office) The...
