14 is not 16
A diminished Senate is not a stronger Senate. A broken scale is not more accurate because it has fewer parts.
DT · · 3 min read
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A diminished Senate is not a stronger Senate. A broken scale is not more accurate because it has fewer parts.
DT · · 3 min read
‘We also recognize the resilience of the people of Mindanao and stand in solidarity with them as they rebuild their communities.’
Raffy Ayeng · · 2 min read
This is the weaponization of the leadership fight obscured. It is not about who runs the Senate, but who gets to remain a senator dressed up as due process.
DT · · 2 min read
Most of those who retired under this law in 2001 and earlier are already dead or are either dying or suffering a life of poverty and deprivation.
Art Besana · · 2 min read
While names and faces in leadership may change, the underlying dynamics often remain the same. Filipinos are understandably skeptical about whether these new…
CYNTHIA D. BALANA · · 2 min read
After a two-week leadership deadlock, Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian got his 13th vote and was finally installed to the chamber’s top post on Wednesday after…
Via Bianca Ramones,Edjen Oliquino,Raffy Ayeng · · 5 min read
Malacañang on Wednesday congratulated Senator Sherwin Gatchalian after he was elected Senate President following the resignation of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano…
Raffy Ayeng · · 2 min read
Leaders of the House of Representatives on Wednesday congratulated newly elected Senate President Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian, saying the leadership change would…
Jerod Orcullo · · 2 min read
After a two-week-long leadership deadlock, Senator Win Gatchalian was finally installed to the chamber’s top post on Wednesday after Senator Joel Villanueva…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read
Former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday vowed to continue pursuing the truth behind the alleged anomalies involving billions of pesos in flood…
Raffy Ayeng · · 1 min read
A senator and his father have reportedly been sweating over reports that plunder charges linked to flood control projects in their home province could soon…
DT · · 2 min read
Former Quezon City Representative Mike Defensor on Tuesday defended his role in a controversial public hearing featuring alleged former aides of ex-Ako Bicol…
Lisa Marie Apacible · · 2 min read
The cases apparently were dangled as leverage, dismissals offered in exchange for bloc membership, following the template allegedly applied to Senator Chiz…
DT · · 3 min read
What was constitutionally designed as the chamber of discourse integral to the system of checks and balances has instead morphed into a raucous battle royale…
LILA CZARINA A. AQUITANIA, ESQ. · · 3 min read
The battle for control of the Senate is far from over as a tug-of-war erupted yesterday, with the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano bringing the Senate…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read
Naisumite na ng House Prosecution Panel sa Senado ang 57-pahinang pre-trial brief kasama ang mga dokumentaryong ebidensiyang kanilang ihaharap sa nakatakdang…
Michael Pingol · · 1 min read
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the House of Representatives and the Senate to submit supporting documents explaining hundreds of billions of pesos in…
Carl Magadia · · 4 min read
The Senate leadership plans to take legal action against businessman and former lawmaker Mike Defensor for allegedly meddling in the upper chamber's internal…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read