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Makabayan bloc lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Senate to submit to the International Criminal Court (ICC) its records on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s admission of urging policemen to “encourage” suspects to fight back as a pretext to kill them during the previous administration’s brutal war...

Senate President Francis Escudero on Tuesday urged families of alleged extrajudicial killings (EJK) to finally sue former President Rodrigo Duterte following his declaration at the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee that he alone was responsible for the brutal drug war. However, Escudero said only...

Grabe, iba talaga pag Duterte, Di naka porma kahapon si risa, delima at diokno sa senate hearing. Nagpalakpakan pa ang audience sa gallery kapag si Duterte na ang bumanat 👊👊👊

“Yesterday the Upper Chamber was ‘invaded’ by the former president of the republic,” the former senator wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday, October 29. “Only one consistently and steadfastly stood up to preserve the dignity of the Philippine Senate. She happens to be a woman who answers...

pwedi kaya magamit ung video sa senate hearing sa facebook? kkuha sana ako ng clip or mga video na 4-9mins tpos e uupload sa page hindi kya ma ccopyrighted strike?

In an ambush interview on Wednesday after the Senate committee on women’s hearing headed by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Quiboloy said the committee is not responsible for deciding whether he is guilty or not. “This one is like a trial by publicity, we don’t have a resource person, nothing from us...

FORMER KJC MEMBER REVEALS ABUSES. Former member of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) Teresita Kinanhan Valdehueza weeps as she relates the sexual abuses and physical torture she endured under the hands of KJC pastor Apollo Quiboloy during a hearing conducted by the Committee on Women, Children...

“I proposed to the Senate leadership to convene a Senate committee of the whole, so that the whole Senate can investigate the previous administration’s war on drugs,” Hontiveros said in an interview wth dzXL. “It is important to find out the truth about the bloody war on drugs, for the families...

“Yes that is optional, but looks like a good idea to me because it will give us the opportunity to ask cross examination questions to test the credibility of the witnesses,” said Pimentel. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, a close ally of former President Rodrigo Duterte, earlier said that he is...

“[This is a] request for the appearance of Apollo Quiboloy, Jackielyn Roy, Cresente Canada alias Enteng, Paulene Canada, Ingrid Canada and Sylvia Cemañes before the public hearing of the Senate committee on women, children, family relations and gender equality on October 23, 2024 at 10:00 in the...

"We are expecting that by Wednesday, our law department can finally submit to the Comelec en banc their proposed recommendation as to who will be retained, removed and declared nuisance (candidates),” Comelec Chairman George Garcia said Source: ‘183 Senate aspirants may be pruned to 66’

The NSB project's total cost could reach P33 billion if the land, furniture, commissioning and testing fees are considered. The lawmaker said the new NSB cost considered the changes in plans, systems, systems in the designs, and inflation. Source: Alan Cayetano: New Senate Building now costs...

According to Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia, questions on the legitimacy of an aspirant’s party are not included as grounds for disqualification under the Omnibus Election Code and the Local Government Code. Source: Quiboloy’s party issue not enough to block his Senate bid – Comelec

In 2022, he ran for president but lost to Marcos. When campaigning in Marcos Jr.’s own bailiwick, the so-called Solid North, Pacquiao said that “only those who are stupid would vote for a thief.” In his fresh bid for the Senate, Pacquiao vowed to fight corruption, as he defended the Marcos...

Rep. Erwin Tulfo (ACT-CIS party-list) E×ρréššed support for anti-political dynasty legislation while filing his certificate of candidacy (CoC) for senator on Sunday, October 6. Tulfo, who is looking to join his brother Raffy in the Senate, stated that he would back such a law if it benefits the...

Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong says he feels "personally insulted" by Vice President Sara Duterte's pronouncement that she plans to attend the Senate’s deliberations on the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). "If you would ask me personally, I would say she's really...

Former Philippine National Police chief Benjamin Acorda Jr.’s connection with former Bamban mayor Alice Guo and Tony Yang, both alleged to be involved in îllégâl gaming operations, came to light on Tuesday. Source: Acorda’s link to Guos, POGO bared at Senate hearing

The proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the President (OP) is "deemed submitted” to the Senate plenary after being approved by the Committee in Finance in less than 10 minutes of deliberation on Monday. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada moved for the approval of the PHP10.5 billion...

In an order sent to the media on Monday afternoon, the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court Branch 282 said Guo, otherwise known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, is allowed to appear for the hearing before the Senate committee on “September 17, 2024, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning upon the request...

In her 27-page petition, Ong claimed that chairpersons and members of the House’s quad com, during its Aug. 28 hearing, ordered her to be detained at the Correctional Institute of Women in Mandaluyong City instead of the Congress detention facility, where she was initially held. She also claimed...