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[Title] => All senators should reject VP offer – Alan Peter
[Summary] => Just like impeachment court presiding officer Francis Escudero, fellow senators should reject any offer from Malacañang to take over the country’s second highest post in case Vice President Sara Duterte is convicted in her impeachment trial, Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday.
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[Title] => Gatchalian: Absentee senators not receiving salaries, office funds
[Summary] => Absentee Senators Ronald dela Rosa, Rodante Marcoleta, Jinggoy Estrada and Loren Legarda are currently not receiving their monthly salaries and office operating funds, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian confirmed yesterday.
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[Title] => Tighter estate tax amnesty bill pushed in Senate
[Summary] => Senators are pushing to tighten the proposed estate tax amnesty bill to prevent “fake death” inheritance fraud and discourage taxpayers from deliberately dodging their dues in anticipation of endless government pardons.
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[Title] => Senators want clarification on unprogrammed funds
[Summary] => Senators sought clarification from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on how to tackle the unprogrammed appropriations (UA) after the Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional the 2024 and 2025 national budgets and portions of the 2026 outlay.
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[Title] => Senate court takes break for budget deliberations
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[Title] => Senate ratifies SOVFA with France
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[Title] => Monsod criticizes senators over stand on vote threshold
[Summary] => A framer of the 1987 Constitution called out Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Camille Villar, who objected to the proposal to lower the number of votes needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial.
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[Title] => Impeachment: 16 ba o bagong bilang?
[Summary] => Hindi pala simpleng 24 senators, kunin ang two-thirds, tapos 16 agad ang sagot. Sa pagdinig ng Senate impeachment court, malinaw na ang problema ay hindi lamang kung ilan ang kailangang boto—kundi sino ang dapat kasama sa bilang.
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[Title] => Cayetanos back from Singapore
[Summary] => Senators Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano returned to the country on Saturday night following a brief trip to Singapore that drew public scrutiny.
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[Title] => ‘Marcoleta, Jinggoy can keep Senate panel posts, but…’
[Summary] => Detained Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Rodante Marcoleta can continue to hold committee memberships and file legislation despite their incarceration, but they will not be allowed to vote during plenary sessions, Sen. Erwin Tulfo said yesterday.
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[Summary] => Just like impeachment court presiding officer Francis Escudero, fellow senators should reject any offer from Malacañang to take over the country’s second highest post in case Vice President Sara Duterte is convicted in her impeachment trial, Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday.
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[Title] => Tighter estate tax amnesty bill pushed in Senate
[Summary] => Senators are pushing to tighten the proposed estate tax amnesty bill to prevent “fake death” inheritance fraud and discourage taxpayers from deliberately dodging their dues in anticipation of endless government pardons.
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[Summary] => Hindi pala simpleng 24 senators, kunin ang two-thirds, tapos 16 agad ang sagot. Sa pagdinig ng Senate impeachment court, malinaw na ang problema ay hindi lamang kung ilan ang kailangang boto—kundi sino ang dapat kasama sa bilang.
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By
Ghio Ong | September 25, 2026 - 12:00am
