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Senate President Koko Pimentel III joined Premier Li Keqiang of the People’s Republic of China in a meeting which discussed how to build closer Philippine-China relations. The meeting, hosted by Li, was held at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay City, and included Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III, Senators Migz Zubiri, Manny Pacquiao, […]
Senator Sonny Trillanes IV has sponsored Senate Bill No. 1463 or the bill granting educational assistance and benefits to the dependents of the members of the uniformed and law enforcement personnel who are killed or permanently incapacitated in line of duty. In the sponsorship speech delivered by Trillanes, chairman of the Senate committee on […]
House Speaker Bebot Alvarez has reiterated his full support for the shift to federalism as this would be more responsive to the changing needs of the people than the current unitary system and would bring peace to Mindanao. In his remarks read by Atty. Vincent Noel Aureus, Chief Legislative Officer of the Office of […]
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading House Bill 1530 which mandates all government agencies to indicate the blood type of the individual applying for an identification card, certificate and license. The bill states it is the policy of the State to protect and promote the right of health […]
Stressing the negative impact on the business sector by government directives suspending work in government offices in instances that do not include regular holidays nor inclement weather, Senate President Koko Pimentel III called on the Executive Department to exclude the units involved in check clearing of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) from work […]
Senate President and PDP Laban President Koko Pimentel III signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Russia, the largest party in Russia, in St. Petersburg. United Russia is the ruling party of the Russian Federation and counts Russian President Vladimir Putin among its leaders. “This is a historic moment, as it brings Russia and […]
Unless its ill-equipped and undermanned Internal Affairs Service (IAS) is modernized, the Philippine National Police’s efforts to rid their ranks of scalawags – which is said to make up two percent of the 180,000-man force – will not succeed, Senator Grace Poe said. Poe, who has publicly declared her full support to the institutional […]
Senator Loren Legarda ensured that more funds have been allocated for the quick recovery and rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City under the proposed 2018 National Budget. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, said that aside from the budget under the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRM) Fund for Marawi’s rehabilitation, the […]
One way to fight crime and keep communities safe is through “extra judicial funding” which will modernize courts and equip public attorneys and prosecutors with the resources that will reduce case backlogs and move the wheels of justice quickly, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said today. Recto said “manpower and material” lack in […]
As the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee continued its probe into the drug smuggling through the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the tara system practiced by certain unscrupulous groups in the agency, Senator Dick Gordon is alarmed by the slow pace in the destruction of seized drugs despite the reported large seizures of shabu that […]