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Senator Erwin Tulfo has filed 10 measures to strengthen the government’s fight against corruption, promote transparency, and ensure accountability in public service. At the center of Tulfo’s reform agenda is Senate Bill 1359 which seeks to increase the jail time for graft and corruption from the current 6-15 years to 12-30 years. “Public officers and […]
Senator Loren Legarda filed Senate Bill No. 164, or An Act Providing Monthly Maintenance Medication Support for Senior Citizens, seeking to provide eligible senior citizens with P1,000 monthly to help in the purchase of maintenance medications. “We are alleviating the burden of our senior citizens by helping them manage their debilitating diseases as they get […]
Senator Bong Go continues to prove that consistency in small, heartfelt acts can make just as powerful an impact. From September 1 to 6, Go’s office once again mobilized the “Palugaw ni Mr. Malasakit” initiative—a program that quietly but meaningfully supports Filipinos who find themselves in some of the most stressful moments of their lives: […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano urged his colleagues in the Senate to focus on achieving lasting reforms, saying politics should only be temporary while true transformation must be permanent. Speaking during his manifestation on the change of leadership in the 20th Congress, Cayetano warned against allowing politics to overshadow genuine change, especially at a time when […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan said that there will be no witness protection for the embattled Sarah and Curlee Discaya if their sworn statement that implicated several lawmakers and government officials in the anomalous flood control projects is “edited” or “photoshopped.” This came after the couple, whose construction firms were awarded billions of pesos worth of infrastructure […]
The use of neo-ethnic Philippine textiles in the academic regalia of all state universities and colleges and local universities and colleges will be required if a measure being pushed by Solid North Party-list is passed into law. According to Rep. Ching Bernos, House BIll No. 3111, or the Philippine Neo-Ethnic Textile Development bill, would help […]
Senator Bong Go, during the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) briefing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 national budget held recently, pressed government officials on the plight of indigent senior citizens who remain excluded from the social pension program despite existing appropriations. Go, who was one of the co-authors of Republic Act No. 11916 which […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform and former chairperson of the Philippine Coconut Authority Board, welcomed internationally renowned singer and Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.Ap at his Senate office in Pasay City. Apl.de.Ap discussed with Pangilinan the “100 Million Coconut Trees for the Climate” project of the […]
Senator Bong Go urged the government to prioritize the establishment of evacuation centers instead of implementing failed or anomalous flood control projects during the Senate hearing of the Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations. “I call on the Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) to prioritize this law (referring to Republic Act […]
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Monday served Letters of Authority (LOAs) to the country’s top 15 flood control contractors during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, formally launching parallel tax investigations into alleged irregularities in critical government projects. In a post in his official FB Page, BIR Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said the […]