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Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III praised the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for not dipping its hands into the controversial confidential and intelligence funds (CIF). In the agency’s budget hearing recently, the veteran legislator asked Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo if his department had requested confidential funds, to which the country’s top diplomat answered […]
The Senate buckled down to work on the last week of the regular plenary session of the 19th Congress before the legislature went on a month-long break starting Sept. 30. Senate President Migz Zubiri said the upper chamber approved a total of 18 measures, five of which were included in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s list […]
Senator Raffy Tulfo has expressed elation over the Senate’s approval on third and final reading of the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers bill in time for the celebration of the National Maritime Week. The measure was approved with 14 affirmative votes, no abstention and no negative vote. “The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers bill will […]
The Senate adopted a resolution congratulating and commending the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JIL Worldwide), which will be celebrating its 45th founding anniversary on October 29. Senate Resolution No. (SRN) 803 (Adopted Resolution No. 90) authored and sponsored by Senator Sonny Angara, was unanimously approved by the members of the chamber who also expressed […]
Senate President Migz Zubiri commended his colleagues as the chamber approved on their third and final reading five proposed bills, four of which were among the priority measures of the Marcos administration. “These pieces of legislation were carefully studied and deliberated on by the senators to help improve the lives of every Filipino in line […]
Senator Chiz Escudero has asked his colleagues to pass Senate Bill No. 2441, which mandates private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to waive entrance examination fees and charges of qualified students applying for college admission. The bill was among those Escudero sponsored on the floor recently as Chairman of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational […]
The Senate unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill providing for a new Philippine passport law. A priority measure under the 19th Congress, Senate Bill No. (SBN) 2001, or the proposed “New Philippine Passport Act,” would pave the way for a new generation of passports that is at par with international standards, streamlining […]
The Senate is set to approve on third and final reading 17 measures that include four priority legislation of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) and 12 local bills for the upgrade of state universities and colleges (SUCs). “Apart from the budget deliberations in the committee, the Senate is doing its best to deliberate and […]
Senator Chiz Escudero thanked his colleagues for supporting the 12 local higher education-related bills that included the establishment of additional five public medical schools around the country. At a recent plenary, the Senate approved on second reading the dozen bills that emanated from Escudero’s Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education. No one interpellated and […]
Senator Mark Villar, the primary sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1846, also known as the Internet Transactions Act of 2023, successfully led the approval of the bill on its second reading after the period of individual amendments. “Through our successful collaboration with other senators, the amendments presented and adopted to the Internet Transactions Act ensures […]