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Senator Francis Tolentino vowed to continue working for measures in support of barangay frontliners, following the passage of two key bills seeking to empower grassroots governance. In a meeting with 70 barangay captains in the city of Lipa, Tolentino gave details about Senate Bill (SB) 2815, which sets the term of office of barangay and […]
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino expressed his full support to key government programs seeking to accelerate economic development in Panay Island. At the press conference of the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidates held in Iloilo City, Tolentino said that he is “all for the completion” of the 210-kilometer Iloilo-Capiz-Aklan Expressway (ICAEx). The expressway […]
Consistent with his call to make weather advisories easier to understand for ordinary Filipinos, Senator Francis Tolentino is also urging the same for earthquake terms and warnings, stressing that effective communication during disasters can save lives. Tolentino relayed his appeal to Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) during […]
Senator Francis Tolentino asked the Department of Health (DOH) to take all the necessary steps to inform and update the public about the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) amid growing concerns about the virus and how it spreads. Interviewed on the radio show “SOS” on DZRH which is co-hosted by Tolentino, Department of Health (DOH) Assistant Secretary […]
As the nation braces for a possible new super typhoon named Leon, Senate Majority Leader Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino has called on the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to deliver more precise and specific weather forecasts to mitigate the severe impacts of typhoons. Tolentino raised this suggestion during his radio program, Usapang Tol, […]
Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino welcomed the progress of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in introducing internet-based voting for the first time for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in next year’s midterm elections. In his regular radio program “Usapang Tol”, Tolentino was informed by COMELEC Chair George Erwin Garcia that 1.5 million OFWs have registered for […]
The House of Representatives approved on its third and final reading House Bill No. 6224, otherwise known as “An Act Granting Philippine Citizenship to Justin Donta Brownlee.” There were 274 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and one abstention on the bill. On the same day after the approval of the naturalization bill in the lower […]
Senator Francis Tolentino said Justin Brownlee’s bid to become a Filipino citizen may secure the blessing of the Senate by December. “So give and take, since we’re done with the budget hearings, probably by December we can have some progress on this, sans any opposition,” said Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and […]
The referral of Senate Bill No. 1336 titled An Act Granting Philippine Citizenship to Justin Brownlee had been transferred to the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Under the Rules of the Senate, the said Committee shall have jurisdiction on matters relating to, among others, immigration and naturalization. Senator Francis Tolentino, Chairman of the […]
Senator Francis Tolentino urged authorities to hasten plans to relocate the country’s national penitentiary amid a series of controversies hounding the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). According to Tolentino, relocating and decongesting the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City — especially those high-profile inmates inside the maximum-security compound — could help eradicate organized syndicates operating […]