Senate OKs bill allowing President to adjust opening of classes The Senate on Monday unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that gives the President the authority to adjust the opening of classes during a state of calamity.Senate … Continue reading DUTERTE AUTHORIZED TO DECIDE ON START OF CLASSES
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday became the third member of the Philippine Senate who tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). “I regret to announce that today, March 26, I received my test result and it is positive for Covid-19,” … Continue reading Angara tests positive for Covid-19
Malacañang on Wednesday hailed Senate’s unanimous passage of the proposed PHP4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 on third and final reading. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the proposed 2020 budget is needed to fund programs and projects that will accelerate investments … Continue reading Palace welcomes Senate passage of 2020 budget
Go asks COA to conduct Special Audit, challenges Morales to institute immediate reforms Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said he will make sure that those involved in the fraudulent and corrupt activities in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will be … Continue reading BONG GO: CORRUPT PHILHEALTH OFFICIALS SHOULD GO TO JAIL
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go enjoined the Department of Justice (DOJ), during a Senate hearing on Thursday, September 5, to do their sworn duties in fixing the country’s correctional facilities and ensuring fair treatment of inmates. In his statement, Go … Continue reading BONG GO TO DOJ: “Fix our correctional facilities, inmates must be treated equally in jail”
To resolve confusion over Good Conduct Time Allowance BY ROGER M. BALANZA Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has filed a bill amending the Revised Penal Code (RPC) to include a summary of heinous crimes that would be excluded from coverage of … Continue reading GO BILL TO HAVE LIST OF HEINOUS CRIMES EXCLUDED IN GCTA
On the last day of session before the 17th Congress adjourns for the campaign season, the Senate ratified on Friday night the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed PHP3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. Senate ratifies P3.75-T nat’l budget for … Continue reading Senate, House ratify P3.75-T nat’l budget for 2019
SHOOTS DOWN TRILLANES CLAIM OF AUTHORSHIP OF SENATE BILLS FOR MILITARY BENEFITS Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV cannot claim sole responsibility for the passage of all the measures that the latter claimed to have authored … Continue reading LACSON TO TRILLANES: CREDIT-GRABBER
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez apparently does not want Dabawenyos to see one of their kind in the senatorial slate of President Rodrigo Duterte in the 2019 mid-term election. Alvarez, representing in Congress the First District of Davao de Norte, is … Continue reading INDAY SARA, BATO, KARLO NOT IN ALVAREZ PDP-LABAN SENATORIAL SLATE
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has closed the door to running for a seat in the Senate in 2019, saying she would rather continue to serve her city as mayor. The presidential daughter shoot down a Senate bid during her … Continue reading SARA DUTERTE SHOOTS DOWN SENATE BID
BY JUN LEDESMA He was and still is dubbed as the (supreme) photo-bomber. But in the life of President Rodrigo Duterte he is more than what anybody could imagine he is. Heads of states as well as the ordinary hoi … Continue reading JUN LEDESMA: THE BONG GO FEVER
