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Published February 10, 2021, 1:33 PM The 24-member Senate on Wednesday paid tribute to the late Senator Victor San Andres Ziga. Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III spoke highly of the 75-year-old lawmaker, describing him as a principled man. (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Ziga, according to Sotto, joined majority of his colleagues in the 8th Congress in rejecting in September 16, 1991 any extension of the RP-US Military Bases Agreement (MBA). Sotto said Ziga proved his mettle when he voted ‘’No’’ to the RP-US MBA by saying ‘’I refuse to sacrifice our...

Measures that seek the creation of new government agencies, such as the proposed Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFil) and the Department of Disaster Resilience and Management, can now be tackled by their respective Senate committees simultaneously, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubir