Senators strongly condemned on Wednesday the “sex-for-fly” scheme of Philippine embassy officials and employees in the Middle East, one calling it as “one of worst cases of exploitation that have befallen our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) women.”
A re-elected senator warned the executive branch, on Wednesday, about the implications of prosecuting members of the Coast Guard for the death of a Taiwanese fisher whose vessel intruded in Philippine waters weeks back.
The Senate appeared to have embarrassed itself in front of foreign diplomats on Thursday after it fell short of the one vote required to ratify three extradition treaties being monitored by the envoys.
A bill to enact dramatic changes to the US immigration system and put some 11 million immigrants here illegally on a path to citizenship is facing its first congressional test.
Four senators on Tuesday rallied behind President Benigno Aquino III’s call for a peaceful settlement to a two-week long standoff in Sabah, two of them even suggested a need for intervention by international bodies to end the conflict.
HERE NOW, THE NEWS. Top members of the Philippine Senate shocked their constituents this morning by being extra nice to each other and indulging in unprecedented public displays of affection. Ordinary citizens are reacting with outrage at their lawmakers’ naked expressions of civility. It began when Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson lavished praise on [...]
Saying apologies and guarantees of “just compensation” were not enough, at least two Philippine senators are keen to hold the United States accountable for the destruction of the Tubbataha Reef following the grounding a US Navy minesweeper on the marine sanctuary nearly a month ago.
Rising from her sick bed, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago slammed on Tuesday, the United States’ “magnanimity” over its warship’s destruction of the Tubbataha Reef, saying it should be held accountable for violations of both local and international laws instead of calling it an accident and promising compensation for the priceless marine park.
The Senate has found the US Navy contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia liable for violating Philippines laws when it dumped hundreds of thousands of liters of wastewater off Subic, Zambales.
Realizing the irony, some senators on Monday called for a ceasefire on the bitter exchange of words over their chamber’s realigned funds as the Philippines prepares to host a global anticorruption conference that begins Tuesday.
Furiously fending off accusations of doling out public funds to Senate colleagues as if the money were his to give as “Christmas gifts,” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile now also stands accused of pirating intellectual property.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday scored the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for its “alarmist” posturing against China in the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
