Manila, July 8 -- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is seeking to overhaul the country's civil registration system to prevent foreign nationals from fraudulently acquiring Philippine citizenship, following t... Read More
Manila, July 8 -- Senate President Francis Escudero on Tuesday expressed confidence that the upper chamber would carry its legislative momentum into the 20th Congress, citing record gains in bill appr... Read More
Manila, July 8 -- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the government to immediately crack down on human trafficking syndicates allegedly using Pakistan as a new transit point to smuggle Filipi... Read More
Manila, July 8 -- Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday urged e-wallet companies to block online gambling by preventing their platforms from being used for betting transactions. He said financial te... Read More
MANILA, July 4 -- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further expand the list of value added tax (VAT)-exe... Read More
Manila, July 3 -- Dedicated ticket booths for students riding the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) will ease their access to fare discounts, Senator Raffy Tulfo said Thursday, fol... Read More
Manila, July 3 -- Senate President Francis Escudero is reviving a long-standing proposal to compel public officials to waive their bank secrecy rights, warning that the country's decades-old confident... Read More
Manila, July 3 -- Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday said the PHP50 wage adjustment signals progress but underscored the need for structural reforms that would guide regional wage boards using update... Read More
Manila, July 2 -- Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday filed a cyber libel complaint before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), targeting those behind two videos of Michael Maurilio that she d... Read More
Manila, July 2 -- The new senator-judges in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte are expected to take their oath before the Senate President no earlier than July 29, as the Senate impe... Read More