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(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections proclaimed today, Wednesday, May 18, the senatorial bets who made it to the top 12 of the May 9, 2022 national and local elections. Leading the 12 senators is actor and TV personality Robin Padilla who got 26,612,434 votes based on the Comelec canvass of votes. The Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, has finished canvassing 172 out of the 173 local and overseas Certificates of […]
(Eagle News)– With a vote count of 18-0-0, the Senate on Monday (May 15) approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1365 or the Philippine Passport Act extending the validity of Philippine passports from five years to 10 years. The bill was authored by Senators Richard Gordon, Cynthia Villar, Ralph Recto, JV Ejercito, Loren Legarda, Sonny Angara, Joel Villanueva, Grace Poe, and Alan Peter Cayetano. Under the bill, regular passports shall be valid […]
(Eagle News) — Senators on Tuesday posed no objections to the ratification of the Paris Agreement, with all 22 senators present concurring. “I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to my colleagues’ unanimous support on this historic day of the Senate’s concurrence in the accession to the Paris Agreement,” Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change, said. She said the country’s accession to the Paris Agreement “strengthens its role in climate […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda hailed on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the Paris Agreement, calling the day of his signing “a great day for..climate warriors.” Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement a day after Duterte signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that compels ratifying countries to take steps to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to limit the temperature increase […]
(Eagle News) – Fireworks again flew during the confirmation hearing for Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II with Senator Antonio Trillanes questioning the credibility and ability of Aguirre to head the Department of Justice. Trillanes particularly pointed out a previous statement of Secretary Aguirre saying that drug lords and other criminals are not “humanity.” The senator said Aguirre’s statement had bothered him. The particular quote from Aguirre which was reported in the media was this: […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda filed the proposed Expanded Maternity Leave Law (Senate Bill No. 1262) on January 4 to increase the maternity leave of employees in the government and private sector to 100 days. Legarda said that the current maternity leave of 60 days for normal delivery and 78 days in case of caesarean delivery does not even comply with the international labor standards on maternal protection that recommend a minimum of 14 […]
(Eagle News) — Nasermunan sa pagdinig ng senado ang ilang mga opisyal ng gobyerno matapos matuklasang hindi ginamit ng naturang mga ahensya ang pondo para sa mga programang tutulong sa mga apektado ng El Niño. Sa consultation meeting ng Senate Committee on Finance, inamin ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na sa halos isang taon nang pananalasa ng El Niño, P30 million pa lang ang nailalabas para tulungan ang mga apektadong magsasaka. “Bakit kailangan matamaan ng […]
