Senate Won’t Allow Pres. Duterte to Take Over Privately-owned Businesses The Senate will not allow President Rodrigo Duterte to take over privately-owned public utilities and businesses to address the COVID-19 outbreak. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday, that they’re not going to allow President Rodrigo Duterte to control privately-owned utility companies amid the … Read more
Tito Sotto received criticisms for his proposal to have a cloud seeding action in Taal amid the eruption A netizen slammed Senator Tito Sotto due to his proposed cloud seeding action is Taal amid the eruption. The statement of the Senate President was published on the official Twitter account of ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) on … Read more
Sen. Lacson Drafts Resolution Showing Support for Senate Pres. Sotto LACSON – Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson drafted a resolution to determine the supports of Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III as Senate President. Following the midterm Election 2019 which was held last May 13, the Senate is set to have new members that will replace some … Read more
The Philippines will be under Federalism by the year 2022, this is the timetable by the Duterte administration according to incoming Senate President Koko Pimentel who is favored as the next possible Senate President. According to the Senator from Mindanao, Sen. Koko Pimentel, he himself will file the bill at the Senate on his first … Read more
The head of the incoming ruling political party PDP-Laban, Sen. Koko Pimentel revealed during an interview with the media that he plans to meet with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano soon in the hope that the senator who also plans to run for Senate President would join the “supermajority” in the Philippine Senate after the Liberal … Read more
Former Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile confirmed that he would run to become the leader of the new opposition in the chamber, not as Senate President but as imminent new minority bloc in Senate. According to Enrile, he had already informed the minority bloc of the Senate to his decision to run for Senate President for … Read more
Controversial Senator, Sen. Tito Sotto made an announcement that he will resigned from his post as Senate Majority leader on Thursday, June 6, 2013. He was quoted as saying, “After I submit my accomplishment report, I will inform the Senate that I’m resigning as Majority Leader at the end of the 15th Congress,” Sotto told … Read more
The Philippines’ oldest lawmaker, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Sr. resigned from his office as the highest official in the Philippine Senate. The 89-year-old Juan Ponce Enrile resigned his post on the last day of the 15th Congress on June 5, 2013. According to the veteran Senator, he resigned because of the backlash he and … Read more
The Senate President of the Philippines has moved to vacate his post as the highest official of the Upper House of the Legislative department of the government but the Senate denied his resignation and instead got a show of support from his colleagues. In a privilege speech delivered during a Senate meeting, the embattled Senate … Read more