SENATE Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon raised the alarm over the weekend over the Executive’s allegedly “callous disregard for taxpayers’ money in buying 27 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines now in danger of expiring.” In a statement, Drilon said “each centavo that was used for the purchase of the anti-Coronavirus…
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon deplored as misplaced or out of order the Department of Finance’s refusal to suspend imposition of excise tax on petroleum products. This, as Drilon asserted there are many other available sources the Duterte government can tap to cover the forgone revenue from the suspension…
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon sees no need to grant Malacañang “emergency powers” to deal with the impact of the oil price crisis, even as other lawmakers suggest it is time to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act. In a radio interview over the weekend, the opposition senator…
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon cautioned the Commission of Elections (Comelec) against overreaching its drive to take down “illegal” oversized campaign posters displayed by candidate supporters in private properties, invoking a decision on the issue by the High Tribunal. “There was already a Supreme Court (SC) ruling related to…
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, prodding members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to frontload passage of pending major bills, including the Public Service Act, SIM Card Registration and No-expiry franchise bill, reminded lawmakers Monday to “move swiftly on the remaining 10 session days to pass critical laws that…