We join Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio in urging President Duterte to reconsider his public pronouncement that we cannot do anything should China build on the shoal. We cannot simply say we are helpless when 300,000 square kilometers of our territorial waters, an area of about 381,000 square kilometers of

Vice President Leni Robredo’s video message to a United Nations event is within her prerogative as an elective official and citizen of the country. The video message showed the world that the Philippines enjoys democracy where dissent is respected. We urge Senate President Koko Pimentel to focus on the numbers

The Liberal Party (LP) on Saturday said accusations linking Vice President Leni Robredo to moves to undermine the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte are baseless, orchestrated lies that only harm the country. LP president Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan reminded that the President himself last week declared that Robredo had nothing

Kinikilala ng ating Saligang Batas ang proseso ng impeachment. Sang-ayon man tayo o hindi sa paghain ng nasabing impeachment complaint, kailangan natin galangin ang proseso na nakasaad sa Saligang Batas dahil kasama sa ating sinumpaang tungkulin bilang mga halal na opisyal na itaguyod ang ating Saligang Batas. The process of

Vice President Leni Robredo was asked to stop attending Cabinet meetings allegedly due to “irreconcilable differences” with the administration. President Duterte’s most vocal critic LP Senator Leila De Lima was charged, arrested, and detained for a non-bailable offense on weak evidence. Four Liberal Party senators and one ally were removed

Voting 18-0-0, the Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act (Senate Bill 1277), establishing a program that seeks to provide free access to Internet services in public places in the country. “Madali nang magagamit ng ating mga mag-aaral ang Internet

Senators on Wednesday night finished examining Sen. Francis Pangilinan’s coco levy trust fund bill, moving the measure closer to becoming a law with the end of the period of interpellation. “Umaasa tayo na ma-ipapasa natin ang Coco Levy Trust Fund measure sa third and final reading bago matapos ang first

STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 8 MARCH 2017, OF LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENT SEN. PANGILINAN, PRINCIPAL AUTHOR OF EXPANDED MATERNITY LEAVE ACT PASSED BY SENATE ON 6 MARCH 2017 Isang pagpupugay sa kababaihan! Ayon sa Pulse Asia survey noong Disyembre, naniniwala ang 41% sa ating mga kababayan na patas ang kakayanan ng

After publicly contradicting himself about his American citizenship, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay on Wednesday was scolded by Liberal Party treasurer Rep. Josephine “Nene” Ramirez-Sato for accusing critics to his appointment as part of a destabilization effort. Sato, member of the bicameral Commission on Appointments, noted Yasay’s earlier lies: his