Senate President Vicente Sotto III Decides To Extend Senate Session Hour For 2019 Budget SOTTO – Senate President Vicente Sotto III decides to extend the Senate session hour due to the upcoming 2019 budget which amounts to ₱3.757 trillion. Previously, the Senate President pushed to make December 8 (Saturday) to be a non-working holiday. This was … Read more
Palace Supports Economic Managers’ Decision To Push Through Second Increase Of Fuel Tax FUEL TAX – The country’s economic managers decided to withdraw the suspension and proceed with the second round of fuel tax increase next month. The Senate previously strong-armed the economic managers’ decision to suspend the tax hike on fuel using the pending … Read more
Robin Padilla cites late Senator Miriam Santiago for his decision in politics Bad boy of Philippine cinema Robin Padilla cited his “ninang” Miriam Santiago for his decision not to aspire a position in the Senate. He is one of the celebrities who is included in the list of most preferred to run as Senator. On … Read more
Senate Approves the Anti-catcalling Bill on Final Reading ANTI-CATCALLING – The Senate approved the anti-catcalling bill on the third and final reading last Monday, October 8. Women and the LGBTQ community are usually the victims of this inappropriate behavior. It scares most of the females where they got sly remarks from strangers. The chairperson of … Read more
Senate Gives its Approval to the Universal Health Care Bill During the 2nd Reading UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BILL – The Senate Bill 1896 or the Universal Healthcare Bill gained the approval of the Senate during the 2nd Reading. The Senate has given its approval to the Senate Bill 1896 which aims to protect the Filipinos’ … Read more
Social Media User Reveals Alleged Amount Of Allowances Of Trillanes’ Supporters Protesting Outside Senate A certain netizen has revealed the alleged payments and allowances received by the supporters of Senator Trillanes protesting outside the Senate. Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV has been one of the most discussed personalities in the country after President Duterte revoked … Read more
Senate President Vicente Sotto III To Suspend Senate Work VICENTE SOTTO III – On August 13 (Monday), from 11:00 AM Philippine Time, Senate President Vicente Sotto III will postpone work from the senate. At first, Sotto thought that the weather will be fine by Monday. He was later informed by Senator Panfilo Lacson that half … Read more
Government Offices That Declared Work Suspensions (July 18) Here are the government offices that declared work suspensions due to the inclement weather condition brought by Tropical Storm Henry. On Wednesday morning (July 18, 2018), the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the work suspensions in all courts in the National Capital Region due to the heavy … Read more
Mocha Uson Would Be Very Good Candidate For Senate, House Speaker Alvarez Says House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez believes that PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson would be a very good candidate for the Senate. Last October, PDP-Laban secretary-general and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has suffered from a severe drop in net satisfaction ratings. Now, Alvarez was … Read more
A Special Committee Aiming To Provide Assistance In Marawi City Created By Senate The Senate has created a special committee to review, study, investigate, examine, and (–foul word(s) removed–)s the rehabilitation of Marawi City. On Wednesday (August 09, 2017), the Senate Resolution 457, which aims to help the rehabilitation of the beleaguered city of Marawi … Read more