House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto lll should recommend to Malacañang the conduct of special sessions in Congress to approve bills that would suspend excise taxes on fuel, the prices of which have been skyrocketing as of late. House Speaker Lord Allan...
As the election campaign goes on, senatorial candidate Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno has secured pledge of support from another celebrity. This time, it is from actress-comedian Marieta Subong, popularly known as “Pokwang”. Pokwang and Senate bet Chel Diokno (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTOS) In a...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar There was a time when radio was king. When I was growing up in Tondo, I remember there were times when we would gather around the radio listening to the news, to music, and of course, sa mga radio dramas na ating sinusubaybayan. Decades...
Sen. Manny Pacquiao, presidential candidate of PROMDI Party and PDP-Laban (Pimentel Wing), is willing to cancel sorties and other campaign operations to join a special session of Congress for the enactment of a bill that would propose the reduction or suspension of excise taxes on fuel. Sen. Manny...
Only Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao is missing when members of the so-called Senate ‘’Macho Bloc’’ met in the Laguna campaign swing This came after the ‘’Macho Bloc’’ members -Partido Reporma presidential candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, running mate and Senate President Vicente...
Indigenous rights advocate and Liberal Party senatorial candidate Teddy Baguilat has been named as the 12th and final addition to the Senate slate of presidential candidate Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman and running mate Walden Bello in the 2022 elections. Teddy Baguilat (left) and Ka Leody...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Monday, Feb. 21 is ambivalent on the passage of the controversial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement when Congress goes on a limited six-day regular session after the May 2022 national elections before going on a ‘sinze die’...
Economic federalism. These are two words that, when put together, would spell progress for the Philippines, according to Taguig-Pateros 1st district Representative and former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. (Photo from former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s office) "Wouldn't it be better...
The wife of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation Director Linconn Ong on Sunday thanked Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon for allowing her husband to visit their son who has dengue. In a statement, Summer Ong thanked the three senators and the Senate...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Friday, Feb. 18 allowed Linconn Ong, a detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executive, escorted visits to his dengue-stricken son to show that the panel ‘’is not without compassion.’’ Senator Richard Gordon ‘’For humanitarian reasons, but...
Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio admitted Thursday afternoon, Feb. 17 that film actor Robin Padilla wasn't technically part of the BBM-Sara UniTeam Senate slate--at least not yet. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (left) and Robin Padilla (Photos from Lakas-CMD...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III on Thursday, Feb. 17 said he favors the release of Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation Director Linconn Ong for humanitarian reasons. ‘’But as Senate President, I will wait for the recommendation of the (Senate Blue Ribbon) committee,’’ he added. Being...
