OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar One important lesson I have learned is that life always offers us a second chance. Even when we experience failures and setbacks, life always gives us a do-over so we can try again and succeed. This, I believe, is the real message of Easter....
"Kailangan ng bayan ang utak mo (The nation needs your brain)." That was what President Duterte told SAGIP partylist Rep. and senatorial aspirant Rodante Marcoleta when he asked him to run for the Senate. During his speech at the PDP-Laban campaign rally in Caloocan on Tuesday night, Duterte said...
Senate Committee on Health and Demography chair Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday lauded President Duterte for signing into law four local hospital bills which all seek to improve the delivery of healthcare services in various parts of the country. These include measures which will...
The youth-oriented Nationalist Social-Democratic Society (NSDS) has announced it is supporting senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s Senate comeback bid. In a Facebook post, the NSDS said it is endorsing Escudero and 11 other senatorial bets based on their...
UniTeam senatorial bet Jinggoy Estrada has highlighted his rank increase in the recent OCTA Research Tugon ng Masa (TNM) senatorial preference survey. UniTeam Senate bet Estrada campaigning in Cebu. The survey was conducted from April 2 to April 6 and sampled 1,200 registered likely voters from the...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs is seeking to regulate the operations of online cockfighting (e-sabong) and limiting its operations only every Sunday and legal holidays. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said this is just one of the initial recommendations of the Senate...
Following the destruction wrought by Typhoon Agaton, the Senate must expedite their version of the Permanent Evacuation Centers Bill, argued Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate. Search and rescue personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police assist in the retrieval...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
The Senate Committee of the Whole looks forward to the appearance of Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to its next hybrid hearing to dispel suspicions that he is against the interest of Filipino farmers. The committee, chaired by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, had...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar Buried in the plethora of election-related news items this past week was the telephone summit between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to the statement released by the Presidential Communications Office,...
The League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) has picked six senatorial bets that it will support, and Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero just so happened to top the list. Reelectionist Senator Joel Villanueva showed via Viber a letter from Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr., LPP...
The names of four alleged smugglers supposedly protected by government officials were revealed Tuesday, April 12 during a Senate Committee of the Whole hybrid public hearing on the alleged widespread agriculture produce smuggling that is causing damage to the country’s multi-billion peso...
