Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri rejected on Monday, Feb. 9, the idea of giving up the Kalayaan Island Group, emphasizing that it 's clearly part of Philippine territory. "Hindi tayo papayag na isuko ang Kalayaan Island Group dahil malinaw na bahagi ito ng teritoryo ng...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson called out on Sunday, February 8 lawmakers who use “ad hominem” or personal attacks against officials and lawmakers who uphold a pro-Philippine stance on the territorial dispute with China in the West Philippines Sea (WPS). ...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson believes that suggesting "giving up" the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) is tantamount to surrendering Luzon or even the entire country. Lacson says that, under international law, the first discovery and possession of land that "belongs to no one",...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has raised a “constitutional alarm,” warning that the continued designation of several Cabinet officials in an acting capacity undermines constitutional checks and balances and weakens accountability in government. In a privilege speech delivered on Wednesday, January...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said on Tuesday, Jan. 29, that the minority bloc 's so-called "minority report" on the Blue Ribbon panel 's investigation into the anomalous flood control has no value and is just a piece of paper. He explained in a phone interview that a...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta believes that it is not proper for Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste to explain the contents of the so-called Cabral files. During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Monday, Jan. 19, Marcoleta said that the neophyte lawmaker is "not competent"...
China’s newly-installed ambassador in Manila recently talked to Senator Rodante Marcoleta in a meeting focused on strengthening the Philippines-China partnership and stressing that cooperation among nations must not be about military alignments. Marcoleta bared sitting down with Chinese...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has raised concerns over the veto on several unprogrammed appropriation items in the General Appropriations Act (GAA), saying many of the items should not have been removed, particularly those originally proposed by the executive itself in the National Expenditure Program...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta believes that the death of former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) undersecretary Maria Catalina Cabral could have legal implications on the ongoing controversy surrounding flood control projects. Speaking in an interview on Net 25, Marcoleta said that, from...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday, Nov. 25, disputed the claim of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that its personnel underwent proper training in Israel in 2023 for the use of two major components of the agency’s ICT Modernization Project, the GSM Active and Passive Monitoring...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta raised questions over whether the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) dozen major interventions—amounting to P212.5 billion under the Senate version of the 2026 national budget—are reaching their intended beneficiaries and meaningfully reducing...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta pressed anew Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla regarding statements suggesting that it was acceptable to “bend the law” so long as it was not broken. During the Senate’s plenary deliberations on the proposed 2026 budget of the Office of the Ombudsman on Friday, Nov....
