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Senators to PhilHealth chief: Answer inquiries respectfully
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Senators yesterday called out the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. president for his manner of answering the interpellation of Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito about the agency’s billions of savings while many...
Pimentel pushes for increased budget for DFA
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 12, 2024 - 12:00am
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III yesterday expressed concern that the controversial dole-out Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program would receive a higher appropriation than the Department of Foreign Affairs...
Senate won’t give PhilHealth additional subsidy
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito confirmed the plans of senators not to give the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) additional subsidy after the agency declared savings in 2024.
Check ballooning Philippines debt – Pimentel
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III has raised concerns over the country’s rising debt, urging economic managers to closely examine the country’s actual financial situation to prevent long-term...
New law to create more jobs – Escudero
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 11, 2024 - 12:00am
As President Marcos is expected to sign today a law that will lower corporate taxes and offer tax incentives to businesses, Senate President Francis Escudero expressed optimism of an influx of new investors, creating...
Koko, Imee buck BARMM poll postponement
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am
Two senators are against a proposal to defer for a year the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in view of a recent Supreme Court ruling excluding Sulu...
Senate adopts P1.3-billion House cut in OVP budget
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The Senate adopted the House of Representatives’ P1.3-billion cut in the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President, as the Upper Chamber formally started discussions on the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025...
Remulla, 48 other Marcos appointees await CA approval
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 4, 2024 - 12:00am
The Commission on Appointments (CA) is set to deliberate on the ad interim appointment of newly designated Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla Jr. and 48 other presidential appointees, as Congress resumes session...
Senate to tackle postponement of BARMM elections
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 4, 2024 - 12:00am
Even as the Senate is geared to deliberate on the proposed 2025 national budget upon the resumption of session today, Senate President Francis Escudero said senators would still work on some bills, particularly on...
No additional subsidy for PhilHealth in 2025
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - November 4, 2024 - 12:00am
No additional subsidies under the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 will be given to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Senate President Francis Escudero said yesterday.
Bong Go denies reward system in drug war campaign
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Sen. Bong Go addressed the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee on Monday, denying allegations of a “reward system” that allegedly incentivized violence in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown...
Duterte admits death squad
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 29, 2024 - 12:00am
In an expletive-laced defense of his bloody war on drugs, former president Rodrigo Duterte yesterday admitted having organized a death squad against criminals, but claimed it was composed not of police officers but...
Duterte expected to face Senate probe today
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Will there be a face-off between former senator Leila de Lima and former president Rodrigo Duterte in today’s first inquiry of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee on the country’s war on illegal drugs?
Accountability sought in flood control budgets
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Senate President Francis Escudero vowed to demand accountability from government officials on the allocation and effectiveness of the multibillion-peso funding appropriated for flood control projects during the upcoming...
Victims face Quiboloy, narrate sexual abuse
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 24, 2024 - 12:00am
The victims of self-styled son of God Apollo Quiboloy confronted their alleged abuser at the Senate yesterday, saying they were groomed to perform sexual services for the Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader as part of...
Bato: Duterte to attend first Senate hearing
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 23, 2024 - 12:00am
After begging off from the quad committee hearing yesterday at the House of Representatives on extrajudicial killings during his administration, former president Rodrigo Duterte has committed to attend the first...
No joint Senate probe with House quad comm
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 22, 2024 - 12:00am
As senators prepare their own investigation on extrajudicial killings during the Duterte administration, they have made it clear they are against joint hearings with the quad committee of the House of Represent...
NPC urged to work on lowering electricity costs
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 21, 2024 - 12:00am
The National Power Corp (NPC) should work to reduce the universal charge for missionary electrification (UCME) subsidy to possibly bring down electricity rates for consumers connected to the main transmission grid,...
Policy-making labor sector enters mainstream politics
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 21, 2024 - 12:00am
The country’s labor force will benefit from representation by party-list organizations vying for seats in Congress with their pro-labor advocacies, according to Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino.
Bato sets Senate inquiry; Duterte to be invited
by Cecille Suerte Felipe - October 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Former president Rodrigo Duterte will be invited to the Senate when it conducts its investigation on the war on drugs during his administration, Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said yesterday.
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