September 10, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda filed Senate Bill No. 164, or An Act Providing Monthly Maintenance Medication Support for Senior Citizens, seeking to provide eligible senior citizens with P1,000 monthly to help in the purchase of maintenance medications.
“We are alleviating the burden of our senior citizens by helping them manage these debilitating diseases as they get older,” the lawmaker explained.
“This is to fulfill the government’s mandate to ensure that senior citizens have access to affordable healthcare, including the medications necessary for maintaining […]
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September 8, 2025
Senator Loren Legarda today expressed confidence and respect for the new Senate leadership, led by Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, and Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri.
Legarda emphasized the importance of integrity, diligence, and unity at the helm of the Senate, expressing confidence that these guiding values will advance effective governance and deliver meaningful progress for the Filipino people.
Legarda recognized the defining qualities that shape effective leadership in the Senate, reflecting […]
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September 8, 2025
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
I rise today to nominate Senator Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri as Majority Leader of the Senate of the Philippines. He is a leader who has consistently proven himself to be a consensus builder, a consultative leader, and a legislator whose more than two decades of service have been marked by diligence and perfect attendance.
At only 39 years of age, during the 14th Congress, he became the youngest to hold the position of Majority Leader. He would […]
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September 8, 2025
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
Ang tama ay ipaglaban. Ang mali ay labanan. These words capture the essence of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s public service. They are not mere slogans, but a creed he has lived by in more than fifty years of public service as a police officer, humanitarian, and legislator.
On just the twelfth session day of this Congress, while many committees were still preparing to organize, Senator Lacson had already pieced together a puzzle long hidden from the public eye. […]
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September 8, 2025
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
The Filipino people have always looked to the Senate as a pillar of our democracy. In times of profound challenges, when our citizens yearn for clarity and wisdom, they expect us to steady the ship and steer it with a clear compass toward safer shores. They do not ask for eloquence alone, but for proof that we can all place country above self, and that we can govern with discipline, foresight, and courage.
Discipline to resist the distractions […]
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