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Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri said the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to shut down media giant ABS-CBN amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis now being faced by the country is “irregular and improper.” “I’m really saddened by the move of NTC. We can cite many instances when the NTC granted provisional authority […]
The Senate has adopted a resolution declaring October 26 and April 20 of every year as bloodletting drive days in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross in honor of former Senator Heherson Alvarez who died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Senator Dick Gordon, who introduced and sponsored Senate Resolution 390, said Alvarez’s daughter Herxila […]
The Senate adopted a resolution commending and honoring the late Senator Heherson Alvarez for his exemplary work as a legislator, statesman, human rights and environmental advocate. Alvarez succumbed to COVID-19 at the age of 80 last April 20. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Senate Resolution No. 363, taking into consideration Senate Resolution Nos. 371, […]
Fifteen senators have filed a resolution seeking to allow the Senate to hold plenary sessions and committee hearings by teleconference while the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is still being enforced. In Senate Resolution No. 372, the senators pointed out that the imposition and extension of the ECQ in Metro Manila and specified provinces, as well […]
Senators were saddened by the passing of former Senator Heherson Alvarez who succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Monday, April 20, 2020. Alvarez was 80 years old. Senate President Tito Sotto said he mourned the passing of a “respectable leader and a good friend,” who he had the opportunity to work with when […]
A bill seeking to protect from discrimination, harassment and violence health workers, frontliners, and patients who contracted the coronavirus disease or COVID-19, has been recently filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros. Senate Bill No. 1436, otherwise known as the “Mandatory Protection of Health Workers, Frontliners and Patients Act,” seeks to address threats and acts of violence […]
Senator Sonny Angara became the third member of the Philippine Senate to test positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “I regret to announce that today, March 26, I received my test result and it is positive for COVID-19,” Angara said in a statement. “I have not been in contact with the public since taking […]
The Senate wrapped up its session Wednesday, March 11, to go on its annual Lenten break. Regular sessions will resume on May 4, 2020. “We are adjourning during this First Regular Session on the heels of increasing COVID-19 incidents wherein the Senate itself suspended Session since Monday evening to Wednesday afternoon and instituted skeletal force […]
Is the government better prepared to address the looming water crisis this year? Senator Joel Villanueva has sought an inquiry into the preparation of different government agencies and stakeholders to avert the negative effects of an anticipated water shortage in the summer months. “The water shortage in 2019 caught most of our people by surprise. […]
The Constitution may have to be amended if the Senate wants to have a say in the abrogation of a treaty, Senator Koko Pimentel III said. In an interview, Pimentel said the framers of the 1987 Constitution had taken the time to put the provision on the Senate’s participation in the ratification of a treaty […]