Category Archives: Press Release

LP president Sen. Kiko recalls people’s courage in 1978 Interim Batasan Pambansa election

The upcoming May 13, 2019 elections are as crucial to the country and the future as the April 7, 1978 Interim Batasan Pambansa election then, said Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Liberal Party president, Sunday. “Ang kwento ng mga nakakatanda sa partido, noong nag-uumpisa silang mangampanya, kokonti lang ang mga pumupunta sa mga rally nila dahil […]

De Lima tells Duterte gov’t to stop ignoring concerns on EJKs, human rights

Detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima challenged the Duterte administration anew to resolve the country’s worsening human rights crisis, saying it cannot afford to ignore the mounting concerns over the spate of extrajudicial killings, the President’s attacks against human rights activists and Church leaders.

Sen. Aquino bats for expanded social, senior citizen pension

Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV is now pushing for an increase in the social pension of senior citizens and expand the program’s coverage to include the more than three (3) million senior citizens who are not receiving any pension at all. Aquino, in filing Senate Bill No. 2142, seeks to amend provisions in the […]