The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will invite former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and 17 other members of the House of Representatives to the continuation of the panel’s inquiry into the anomalous flood control projects. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson confirmed this on...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III denied protecting anyone amid discussions on whether former House Speaker Martin Romualdez may be invited to attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings into the anomalous flood control projects in the country. In an interview on Bilyonaryo...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said former House Speaker Martin Romualdez was “quite positive” when informed about the possibility of being invited to attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing into the anomalous flood control projects in the country. In an interview on...
The Senate will no longer allow “alien” provisions to be included in the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this was the agreement in the Senate to make the budget process open “all the way to the bicam, and all the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, November 4 defended the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s actions on retired TSgt. Orly Guteza whom the panel could no longer find after he testified on the alleged involvement of former House Speaker and Leyte First District...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday, November 4 that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has invited a “very important witness” to shed more light into the controversy surrounding the government’s flood control projects in its next hearing. According to Lacson,...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has questioned the motivation behind the allegation of falsification of documents being thrown against witness Orly Guteza, whose surprise testimony before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in September implicated House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former Ako Bicol Rep....
Senator Robinhood Padilla called for sobriety and unity in the Upper Chamber following the return of Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson as chairman of the powerful Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. In a Facebook post on Monday, Nov. 3, Padilla acknowledged that political...
The Senate will be uncompromising in removing some P42-billion in appropriations for “ayuda” or social assistance programs from the unprogrammed appropriations in the proposed 2026 budget bill, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday, October 28. Lacson said the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Saturday, Oct. 25, that he will set the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s next hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Nov. 14, in the event he gets reelected as the panel 's chairman once the Senate resumes session on Nov....
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano warned there is a systematic attack against the Senate given the various allegations being hurled against some senators recently amid investigations into anomalous flood control projects. Cayetano lamented the distractions saying these diversionary...
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday, October 22 said the minority bloc is ready to work with Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson as chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Lacson, who is leading the upper chamber’s investigation into the anomalies in...
