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The Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 1361 commending and congratulating Pedro Taduran for successfully defending the International Boxing Federation (IBF) World Minimumweight Championship Title. The resolution was introduced by Senator Bong Go, a well-known sports enthusiast. “Our country is considered as a breeding ground for boxing talent.” “Our country is considered as a breeding ground […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said the Senate is duty-bound to fulfill its constitutional mandate following the transmittal of the articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte. “Kapag constitutional mandate, gagawin mo lang,” Cayetano told reporters in a brief interview. The veteran legislator was responding to a question on whether or not the Senate still […]
Senators pressed the green light button to empower President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to scale down agencies under the executive branch and efficiently deliver services to the people. With 22 senators voting in the affirmative, zero negative vote, and no abstention, Senate Bill No. (SBN) 890, or the Government Optimization Act, was approved on third and […]
P/Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III deserves to be appointed as the new chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) due to his being decisive and mission-oriented, Senator-elect and former PNP Chief Ping Lacson said. Lacson, who restored the PNP’s glory days when he headed it from 1999 to 2001, said the information he has received […]
Senate President Chiz Escudero reaffirmed that the plenary will ultimately decide on all impeachment matters pertaining to the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, as the upper chamber prepares for the presentation of the Articles of Impeachment on June 11, 2025. In a press conference, Escudero emphasized that while the Senate President may initially set […]
W.L. Foods Corporation in Valenzuela City is one of the companies reported by its workers to Raffy Tulfo in Action (RTIA) for alleged unfair labor practices. As a result, RTIA relayed the complaint to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which immediately conducted an inspection together with the Senate team of Senator Raffy Tulfo, […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. may need to act quickly on the pending courtesy resignations of his Cabinet members to avoid possible inefficiency and divisiveness in the ranks, Senator-elect Ping Lacson said. Lacson said that since the President ordered the courtesy resignations, there has been jockeying for positions in the Cabinet, with some resorting to foul […]
Senator Bong Go renewed his call for the proper and full implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law, condemning what he described as a morally questionable move by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to return billions in unused funds to the National Treasury despite the program’s glaring underfunding. “‘Yun ang concern ko rito. […]
Ghost receipts will come back to haunt businesses that use them to evade taxes. This was the warning issued by Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr., following the filing of criminal charges against cosmetics firm Ever Bilena for its alleged use of fake or “ghost” receipts to reduce its tax liabilities. “Ito […]
Christian Morales, a fourth-year Public Administration student at Guagua Community College in Guagua, Pampanga, is one of many students who have benefitted from the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Tulong Dunong Program (TDP), an educational support initiative supported by Senator Bong Go. For Christian, education has never been easy — not because of academics, but […]