Senators back hike in police budget
Senators have crossed party lines to boost the Philippine National Police’s equipment budget next year by P5 billion, so that policemen ...
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Senators reach consensus on P75-b coco levy fund
SIXTEEN senators signed the committee report on a Senate bill establishing a trust fund involving the P75-billion coco levy fund ...
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Senators question Matobato’s credibility
SENATORS said Thursday they found several loopholes in the testimony of Edgar Matobato, the self-confessed assassin of the Davao Death ...
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Senators back nuclear power
SENATORS on Friday visited the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant to see for themselves if the mothballed plant had potentials for ...
Read moreDDS man’s credibility in question –Lacson
SEVERAL senators expressed doubt at the credibility of supposed hitman Edgar Bernal Matobato with Senator Panfilo Lacson likening him to ...
Read moreSenate quietly assigns posts
IN contrast to the wangling and bickering at the House of Representatives, senators smoothly filled the vacant committee chairmanships on ...
Read moreSenators lock horns on death penalty
Reelected Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III is reviving his pitch for the restoration of the death penalty, bolstered by ...
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Race to lead Senate seen causing rift among allies
THE race for the Senate presidency will likely cause a rift among the allies of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte after ...
Read moreSenators hit for ‘red-scare tactics’
LEFTIST lawmakers on Thursday slammed “hawkish and ultra-rightist” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and returning Senator Panfilo Lacson Jr. for atttempting ...
Read moreSenators asked to produce P20b
THE House appropriations committee has urged senators to secure P20 billion in extra funding to cover retired military and police ...
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