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Marc Jayson Cayabyab - The Philippine Star December 20, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III defended the bicameral conference committee’s decision to boost financial assistance under the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) budgets, insisting that safeguards are in place to prevent misuse by

UPDATE) SENATE Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III has asked Senate President Francis Escudero to conduct mandatory random drug testing in the Senate to maintain a “drug-free workplace.”In a letter to Escudero dated Aug. 17, Sotto referred to news articles published last Aug. 13 on the alleged use of marijuana within the Senate premises...

MANILA, Philippines — If the midterm elections were to be held today, incumbent ACT-CIS party list Rep. Erwin Tulfo would top the senatorial race while ACT-CIS would rank first among all party list groups, based on Pulse Asia’s latest “Pulso ng Bayan” Pre-Electoral national survey. The results of the survey conducted from Jan...