Tag: Senate

  • Budget, emergency powers among Senate priorities as sessions resume

    WITH the Senate scheduled to resume session on Monday, November 7, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said that the top agenda of the Senate will be the passage of the P3.35 trillion national budget for 2017. Another priority bill, Pimentel said will be the granting of emergency powers to the President to address the traffic…

  • De Lima wants to reopen Senate probe on killings

    SENATOR Leila de Lima on Tuesday called on her colleagues to reopen the inquiry into the alleged extrajudicial killings, days after Senator Richard Gordon decided to close the Senate probe. She said that Senate Resolution, the basis of the probe, is mandated to look into the “seemingly criminal disregard for the human rights” of suspected…

  • Senate Committee report, ilalabas na

    Senate Committee report, ilalabas na

    Inilabas na ng ngayong linggo ng Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs ang committee report kasama ang mga rekomendasyon matapos ang magkakasunod na anim na pagdinig kaugnay ng sunod-sunod na patayan dahil sa iligal na droga. Ayon kay Gordon, chairman, Senate Committee on Justice and Human…

  • Senate @ 100

    Senate @ 100

    Sa pagdiriwang ng ika-100 taon ng Senado, ipinangako ni Senate President Koko Pimentel ang pagpapatuloy ng serbisyong pangunahing mithiin ay paglingkuran ang sambayanang Pilipino. Ayon kay Senate President Koko Pimentel, ang makasaysayang anibersaryo ng Senado ay nararapat lamang ipagbunyi dahil sa mga nagawa nito simula noong una itong itatag noong Oktubre 16, 1916 hanggang ngayon.…

  • Senate bill proposes raising more native animals for food security

    Senate bill proposes raising more native animals for food security

    A proposed bill at the Senate seeks to institutionalize the preservation and raising of native animals in the Philippines to ensure the country’s food security. Senate finance sub-committee chairperson Cynthia Villar brought for discussion Senate Bill No. 144 or the proposed Philippine Native Animal Development Act during a public hearing she conducted on the proposed P50.5 billion…

  • Davao Death Squad does not exist – Senate witnesses

    A Davao City policeman alleged to be “very close” to President Duterte yesterday denied the existence of the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS) and considered whistleblower Edgar Matobato’s testimony before the Senate politically motivated. At the resumption of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights probe into the alleged extrajudicial killings, Senior Police Officer…

  • Pimentel rejects Senate custody of committee witness

    Pimentel rejects Senate custody of committee witness

    Pimentel rejects Senate custody of committee witness Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has rejected the Senate committee on justice and human rights appeal to put witness Edgar Matobato under the Senate’s protective custody. Sen. Koko Pimentel III (Facebook: Koko Pimentel) / mb.com.ph The information was relayed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in a text…

  • Senate, House approve SK, barangay polls postponement

    Senate, House approve SK, barangay polls postponement

    By Hannah L. Torregoza and Ben R. Rosario   Both houses of Congress voted yesterday to approve on third and final reading bills postponing the upcoming October 2016 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to give way to much-needed reforms that would improve the institutions’ ability to serve its constituents. Logo photos collage courtesy of…

  • Widespread Criticism On Philippine’s War on Drugs Triggers Senate Inquiry

    Widespread Criticism On Philippine’s War on Drugs Triggers Senate Inquiry

    President Rodrigo Duterte launched a war on drugs campaign in the Philippines in July, has triggered widespread debate over rights abuses as the government grapples with almost four million drug users nationwide triggered a senate inquiry. A special senate inquiry this week, chaired by former Justice Secretary and now a Senator, Leila De Lima, highlighted the…

  • Emergency powers for Duterte tackled in Senate anew

    THE bill seeking to grant emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to address the traffic problems across the country has been discussed for the second time in Senate on Thursday. Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Senate committee on public services, had asked the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to specify the problems, programs, funding and…