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Amendments to good conduct time allowance law eyed

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 02:05 PM

MANILA - Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday said he will file a bill to seek amendments to a law which reduces a convict’s prison term due to good behavior. Read more »

Senate bill to require foreigners to apply for visa before entering Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 04:56 PM

Senate Bill No. 107, or the Philippine Immigration Act, proposes the creation of a Commission on Immigration that would enforce a more stringent process for foreigners wishing to enter the country. Read more »

Stop-'endo' bill not among Duterte’s priority measures

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 07:46 PM

A bill seeking to stop contractualization or “endo” is not among the initial list of priority measures that the Palace has sent to Congress, Senate leaders confirmed Monday. Read more »

Senate eyes reducing paper consumption

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 05:35 PM

A huge pile of papers on Senate bills, journal and other matters is produced by the Senate secretariat for each senator weekly.  Read more »

Duterte seeks labor 'balance' with veto of stop-'endo' bill

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 03:19 PM

The Security of Tenure Bill "unduly broadens the scope and definition of prohibited labor-only contracting," Duterte said in his veto message. Read more »

Zubiri sees 'conscience vote' on death penalty revival

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 09:39 AM

Lawmakers will vote on the restoration of death penalty based on conscience, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri says, after President Rodrigo Duterte renewed his call to revive capital punishment. Read more »

Will it pass? 'Numbers about even' on death penalty vote - Zubiri

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 12:47 PM

The number of votes on the measure seeking to reinstate death penalty are "about even," Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri said Wednesday. Read more »

Zubiri seeks to raise age for determining statutory rape to 15

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 08:01 PM

MANILA - Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has filed a bill which seeks to raise to 15 the age when “carnal knowledge” shall be deemed as statutory rape. Read more »

Panukalang death penalty muling binuhay sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 09:24 PM

Isinusulong ng 4 na senador ang pagbabalik ng parusang kamatayan. Read more »

Hontiveros, Cayetano muling maghahain ng divorce bills

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 08:49 PM

Muling maghahain ng panukalang batas sa diborsiyo sina Sen. Risa Hontiveros at Sen. Pia Cayetano.  Read more »

'I tend to make a joke out of it': Sotto sa pahayag sa mga isda sa West Philippine Sea

Mark Salanga, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 01:58 AM

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental—Ipinapaubaya na lamang ni Senate President Tito Sotto III sa Malacañang ang issue ukol sa pangingisda ng mga Chinese fishing vessel sa karagatan ng Pilipinas. Read more »

Zubiri hopes House will adopt DOF-backed tobacco sin tax hike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 12:06 AM

MANILA – Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday said he hopes that the Department of Finance will convince the House of Representatives to adopt the higher version of the proposed tobacco tax hike.  Read more »

'Mga luma, bagong senador may gusot dahil sa mga komite'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 09:05 PM

Inamin ni Senador Manny Pacquiao na may nangyayaring "gusot" sa pagitan ng mga nakaupo at mga baguhang senador.  Read more »

Zubiri sees better coordination between Malacañang, Senate with Bong Go

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 12:13 AM

MANILA - Several senators during Monday's all-party caucus have expressed their strong position against President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to veto a number of measures passed by both houses of Congress. Read more »

Senado balik-sesyon; committee chairmanships pinag-usapan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 01:26 AM

Muling nagkita ang mga senador na pa-gradweyt na at ang mga bigong makakuha ng panibagong anim na taong termino. Read more »

Mislatel posibleng mabigyan ng prangkisa ng Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 09:44 PM

Namumurong mabigyan ng "go signal" ng Senado ang Mislatel Consortium para sa pagiging "third telco" na nangakong magbibigay ng mabilis at murang Internet service sa bansa. Read more »

Zubiri says 12-year-old kids ‘bit too young’ to be held criminally liable

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 01:19 AM

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday suggested to lower the age of criminal liability to 13 years old, not 12. Read more »

Congress heeds Duterte's call to abolish Road Board

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 10:25 PM

Congressional leaders have acceded to President Rodrigo Duterte’s wish to abolish the graft-ridden Road Board. Read more »

Mga celebrity, pulitiko, nagpaabot ng suporta sa nasagip na dolphin sa Bataan

Gracie Rutao, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 10:17 PM

Nagpaabot ng suporta ang ilang mga celebrity at pulitiko sa sugatang dolphin na nasagip sa Bataan noong Huwebes. Read more »

Balangiga naglatag ng mga patakaran sa 'pag-uwi' ng 3 kampana

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 18 12:54 PM

Inilatag na ng Balangiga church ang magiging daloy at patakaran sa seremonya ng pagbabalik ng tatlong kampana sa probinsiya sa Sabado.  Read more »