Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr. is optimistic that once completed, the Sangley International Airport will become the country's "newest gateway to the world." The veteran senator expressed high hopes during the inauguration of the Sangley Airport Development Project (SADP) and the presentation of the Sangley...

Militant group Bahaghari lambasted on Monday  the recent profiling and arrests being made by the Makati City Philippine National Police (PNP) against transgender women.  “The name of the operation plan itself, Oplan X-Men, disgustingly reeks of discrimination and transphobia, and the invalidation of the gender...

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday filed a joint resolution that seeks to extend the franchise of ABS-CBN Corporation up to the end of 2022, citing the need for more time for both houses of Congress to review the application for renewal...

Senate lawmakers on Monday called for a national evaluation policy that will ensure evidence-based budgeting for all government programs and the accountability of civil servants. "Clearly there has been limited attention, budgetary support, provision of personnel for monitoring and evaluation and only lip service has...

Senator Panfilo Lacson has described as "ill-advised and unjust" the travel ban earlier  imposed by the Philippine government on Taiwan due to the coronavirus scare. This, Lacson said, as he lauded its lifting. "It's just good that the  travel ban was not long,” Lacson said during...

Senator Panfilo Lacson has warned the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) against usurping the powers of Congress to legislate after its decision to allow the use of  marijuana as a medicine to treat certain ailments. Lacson, in his warning,  cited  an existing Dangerous Drugs Act that...

All 302 members of the House should be given the chance to vote on the bill seeking to extend ABS-CBN Corp.’s franchise by another 25 years, Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza said Sunday. “The entire House should openly debate on the bill, and then vote on...

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday has asked the senators contemplating on filing a  petition before the Supreme Court to clarify the role of the Senate regarding the cancellation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States. Even though the senators have not yet...

The ACTS-OFW Coalition of Organizations on Sunday hailed the Philippine government’s lifting of its coronavirus-related travel ban on Taipei, as they said  the move demonstrated President Rodrigo Duterte’s “sensitivity to the plight of Filipino workers in Taiwan.” “The removal of the two-way travel restriction is...

  Senator Grace Poe has urged Congress to put in writing, instead of just saying, that the franchise of media giant ABS-CBN  can be extended until 2022. Poe also proposed that Congress could  at least verbally say, “We commit to give ABS-CBN through the National Telecommunications...