Pagkamatay ni John Matthew Salilig sa hazing, ginagamit ng mga oposisyon para hindi matuloy ang pagsasabatas ng Mandatory ROTC ayon kay Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa.
Aniya, malayong-malayo at walang kaugnayan sa ROTC ang pagkamatay ni Salilig, majority rin aniya ng mga Pilipino ay sang-ayon sa pagbabalik ng ROTC.
Iginiit ng nagbabalik na si Senador Alan Peter Cayetano na hindi sa kanya ang magiging desisyon kung siya ay sasama sa majority o sa minority ng senado kundi sa kalalabasan ng komposisyon nito.
The Liberal Party will “endeavor to vote as one” in the speakership race, according to the party’s secretary general and Quezon City Rep. Kit Belmonte.
Despite his claims on being unaware of resolution signed his colleagues seeking to his replacement, Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Friday said he is not being ousted from being leader of the upper chamber.
Malaysia’s defeated leader Najib Razak said Thursday he accepted the will of the people after his long-ruling coalition suffered a shock election loss to 92-year-old former strongman Mahathir Mohamad.
The Bangsamoro Basic Law could have passed the Senate before Congress went on an eight-week summer break, but Senator Migz Zubiri revealed that some of his colleagues’ minds—and bodies—went on “vacation mode.”
Supreme Court (SC) Justice Marvic Leonen has accused the majority of high tribunal of repeating its mistakes during the dictatorship of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
Leaders of the House of Representatives said the improved satisfaction rating of the House and Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez was due to “passage of laws that would benefit the majority of Filipino people and the solid performance as a result of the reforms and discipline initiated by the Speaker.”
The Saudi-led coalition should do “much more” to ease a blockade on Yemen impeding shipments of aid and fully reopen the key port of Hodeida, the UN said Monday.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday expressed opposition to any re-investigation into the Mamasapano incident, that may include the invitation of former President Benigno S. Aquino III, saying the Office Of the Ombudsman has already ordered the filing of charges.
