Senator sets sights on loan sharks, online lenders, predatory schemes
Senator Win Gatchalian will ask the Senate to probe the proliferation of loan sharks and other online lending schemes of ...
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Senators blast DICT, Dito ‘failures’
Senator Grace Poe has expressed dismay over the failure of the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National ...
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Humble oathtaking
Incoming Senator Lito Lapid, with wife Marissa and children Maan, Mark, and Maynard, takes his oath before Pantoc, Meycauayan, Bulacan ...
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Quality governance needs quality leaders
"Voters should see beyond the fiery rhetoric, the simplistic allure of populist policies and entertaining campaign sorties." Our Constitution ...
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Music fest that celebrates Filipino-Japanese friendship
At the launch of Ishin-Denshin International Music Festival last week, a scribe asked Manny Pacquiao why he still sought for others’ ...
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Senators urged to cut proposed ‘sweet tax’
Consumer advocacy group CitizenWatch Philippines has joined the mounting calls to minimize the impact of the proposed sugar sweetened beverage ...
Read moreFormer Senator Shahani passes away
Former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani has passed away. Her daughter, Lila Shahani, said her mother died at 2:40 am on Monday. ...
Read moreHold-departure order against Gatchalians
THE anti-graft court has issued a hold-departure order against Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay, and 24 ...
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