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Depensa ni Bato sa seldang sikreto, kinastigo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 12:03 AM

Binatikos ng ilang senador ang pagtatanggol ni PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa sa nadiskubreng tagong kulungan sa MPD Station 1, pati na sa mga sinibak na tauhan nito. Read more »

Opposition senators visit De Lima in Crame

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 12:27 PM

Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Monday received a visit from her fellow opposition senators. Read more »

Bato's defense of secret jail unbecoming of PNP chief - Drilon

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 01 11:43 AM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday scored Philippine National Police chief, Director General Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, for defending policemen in Manila who allegedly kept a hidden detention facility for drug suspects. Read more »

Proponents in Senate say death penalty not dead

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 06:05 PM

MANILA - Senators in favor of restoring capital punishment for drug-related crimes contradicted Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon's statement that the measure is already "dead" at the upper house. Read more »

Pacquiao contradicts Drilon: Senate can pass death penalty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 11:50 AM

Contrary to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon's statement, Senator Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao believes the upper chamber can pass the death penalty bill. Read more »

Senate urged to come up with stand on 'endo'

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 26 07:25 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday urged Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel to rally their colleagues and take a stand on the issue of 'endo' or labor-only contracting. Read more »

Drilon: no resurrection of death penalty at the Senate

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Posted at Apr 26 01:57 PM

MANILA - The bill seeking to revive the death penalty is already "dead in the Senate."  Read more »

Analyst agrees with Pacquiao: Yes, we need a boxing commission

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 11:50 PM

Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s proposal to create a separate commission on boxing makes sense, according to a local fight analyst. Read more »

GAB sees no need for separate boxing commission

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 01:53 AM

MANILA – Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chairman Abraham Kahlil Mitra admitted being hurt by Sen. Manny Pacquiao’s statements pushing for the creation of a separate commission that will oversee the welfare of local boxers. Read more »

Drilon, Aquino elected Minority leaders

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 04:11 PM

MANILA - A day after they were stripped off their key posts in the Upper House, Senators Franklin Drilon and Bam Aquino were elected as leaders of the minority. Read more »

Pacquiao: No Palace hand in Senate reorg

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 01:26 PM

MANILA (1ST UPDATE) - Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday said Malacanang did not have a hand in the Senate reorganization yesterday with the removal of committee chairmanships and positions from Liberal Party and Akbayan senators. Read more »

Liberal Party senators fear for De Lima's life

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 07:54 PM

Liberal Party senators on Friday expressed concern on how fast a local court issued an arrest warrant against Senator Leila de Lima.  Read more »

Drilon: No more Senate deliberation on death penalty until...

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 10:40 AM

Senate deliberations on bills seeking the revival of death penalty are suspended until lawmakers can verify that restoring capital punishment would not violate an international agreement that the government previously signed, Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon said Wednesday. Read more »

Drilon open to Senate probe on 'tokhang for ransom', but...

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:27 PM

Senator Franklin Drilon said he is open to having the Senate investigate the alleged "tokhang for ransom" scheme, but emphasized that Senate inquiries should only be done in aid of legislation. Read more »

Amendment of penal code will benefit 50,000 prisoners: Sen. Drilon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 10:07 PM

A bill that would amend provisions to the Revised Penal Code could benefit about 50,000 prisoners convicted of petty crimes, according to Senate President Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon. Read more »

50,000 prisoners to gain from penal code reform - Drilon

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Updated as of Jul 21 12:21 PM

Proposed amendments to the more than 80-year-old Revised Penal Code may set free or reduce the sentence of 50,000 poor inmates. Read more »

Two committees can probe BI bribery scandal: Drilon

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 01:52 PM

Sen. Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said both the Senate Civil Service Committee and the Blue Ribbon Committee can do separate investigations on the Bureau of Immigration bribery scandal.  Read more »

JV says sorry to Drilon over challenge to LP

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 01:31 PM

MANILA - Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito has apologized to Sen. Franklin Drilon for his statements yesterday that the Liberal Party bloc should consider leaving the supermajority.  Read more »