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By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published May 4, 2021 4:35pm Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Tuesday defended Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s recent profanity-laced tweet against China, saying he conveyed the Philippines’ dismay in a language China could understand. In a statement, Recto lauded Locsin’s “brave and brilliant” approach in diplomacy as this will “allow the country to punch above its weight.” “While we may not have missiles to launch, we p...

Published April 30, 2021, 4:26 PM Senator Pia Cayetano said it is high-time the government prioritizes investments in infrastructure for healthcare facilities to enable the Philippines cope with health emergency crisis like the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cayetano, during the Senate Committee on Health and Demography’s hearing on the various bills tackling the creation of specialty hospitals and medical centers across the country, lamented that over the years prioritization of in...

Senators say donated China vaccines not reason to sacrifice WPS rights Published April 29, 2021 8:25pm Senators on Thursday said Philippines territorial rights at the West Philippine Sea should not be sacrificed despite the countrys relations with China. In a televised briefing on Wednesday, President Rodrigo Duterte said he wont start a war against China because the Philippines owe a debt of gratitude from China due to the donated COVID-19 vaccines. But Senator Risa Hontiveros said Phil...

Hontiveros signs Senate resolution condemning Chinas illegal activities in the WPS Senator Risa Hontiveros has signed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 708 — along with Senators Frank Drilon, Leila de Lima, Ralph Recto, Nancy Binay, Richard Gordon, Kiko Pangilinan, Lito Lapid, Grace Poe, Bong Revilla, and Joel Villanueva — that condemns the illegal activities of the Peoples Republic of China in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. "I am...

(FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 26) — Several members of the Senate filed a resolution Monday calling for an investigation into the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflicts performance, including its activities and budget, following incidents of red-tagging. Resolution No. 707 said the review is needed to see whether the task force has been fulfilling its mandate and whether its ₱19 billion budget for 2021 would be better off used for the needs of the pu...

Sen. Risa Hontiveros (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO) Hontiveros said state agents’ “heavy-handed” tactics against community pantries are not just undemocratic but “they also punish Filipinos who are already suffering because of the pandemic and who desperately need the lifeline extended by these community pantries.” “Bakit isusuplong ang tumutulong? Huwag naman nating patayin ang natitirang pag-asa ng ating mga kababayan. Pagtutulungan at pagdadamayan ang kailangan hindi ka...

Senators to police, NTF-ELCAC: End red tagging and harassment, leave community pantries alone SENATORS Nancy Binay, Leila de Lima, Frank Drilon, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Hontiveros, Kiko Pangilinan, Grace Poe, and Ralph Recto urge the law enforcement leadership to investigate the profiling and red-tagging of community pantries organizers in various parts of the country, and instead hold a dialogue with them. The senators also condemned the posts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist...

Photo courtesy of Altermidya Network) “Not being required, and in fact prohibited by law, the organizers should not be forced, and are within their right, to refuse to sign any disclosure forms. Lest some of the red-faced government officials forget, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the right of all citizens to participate in governmental and societal concerns, and mandates that these rights shall not be abridged.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – “Leave them alone for you already did.�...

Senators to police, NTF-ELCAC: End red tagging and harassment, leave community pantries alone SENATORS Nancy Binay, Leila de Lima, Frank Drilon, Sherwin Gatchalian, Risa Hontiveros, Kiko Pangilinan, Grace Poe, and Ralph Recto urge the law enforcement leadership to investigate the profiling and red-tagging of community pantries organizers in various parts of the country, and instead hold a dialogue with them. The senators also condemned the posts of the National Task Force to End Local Communist...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has said the reduction of tariff rates on pork importation does not guarantee that pork prices would go down in the markets.