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Press Release Maganda at mapagpalang araw po. [ In Proverbs 24 verse 3, it says "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established". Continuing in verse 6, "For by wise guidance you can wage your war and in abundance of counselors there is victory." ] Naniniwala po ako na theres no harm in getting all positions on the table, especially when it comes to a policy issue that will affect the lives of our overseas Filipinos which is 10% of our total population. Thats why we are doin...

Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao on Friday, April 30, said he wrote to China about the presence of Chinese fishing vessels at the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao during the Senate's plenary session on March 3, 2021. (Senate PRIB/Albert Calv

Pacquiao says he asked China to leave Julian Felipe Reef before Drilon filed reso By HANANEEL BORDEY, GMA News Published April 30, 2021 9:22pm Senator Manny Pacquiao on Friday said he sent the Chinese embassy a letter calling on China to remove its warships and militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea even before 11 senators signed a resolution condemning the Chinese presence in the exclusive economic zone. Pacquiao made the remark after he chose not to sign the resolution Senate Mino...

Press Release THE SOURCE, CNN PHILIPPINES Q: We have a lot of topics to talk about but Gusto ko lang isingit sana itong nangyari sa gabi because you know when you look at this video, well nakakatakot po, it happened before 6pm it was a one-hour shootout between a police, a QCPD and a PDEA. I just want to get your quick reaction on it. SRH: Well as they said, it was an unfortunate, or very unfortunate, I would say a very very unfortunate incident. Condolences to the families of the two who were ...

Press Release Transcript of Sen. Grace Poes Speech Mr. President, as chairperson of the Senate contingent to the bicameral conference committee on the proposed Financial Institution Strategic Transfer Act, I now have the privilege to report to the body the approved version of our bill. The bicameral conference committee agreed to use the Senate version as the working draft since the House adopted most of the provisions in our version. With the hard work of our colleagues, Senators Recto and Dri...

Press Release Good afternoon Mr. President, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege. In last Wednesdays session here in the Senate, during the interpellations on the bicameral conference committee report on the 2021 National Budget, Senators Ralph Recto, Frank Drilon, and Dick Gordon, among others, asked a series of pointed questions on the 72.5-billion-peso budget allocation for the purchase of Covid vaccines and the governments rollout plan. Questions such as the following: Ho...