Padilla hits back at Drilon: ‘New Senate members are taking jobs seriously’

Charie Abarca - @inquirerdotnet 06/18/2023

Senator Robinhood “Robin” Padilla asserted that the new members of the Senate are doing their respective jobs with utmost civility and seriousness. In a statement issued Saturday, Padilla stressed that the “new Senate is not taking its…

Padilla-led panel pushes 100% foreign ownership of land   

Marlon Ramos - Reporter / @MRamosINQ 04/01/2023

Despite the objection of many of his colleagues against Charter change (Cha-cha), Sen. Robinhood Padilla on Friday released for the first time a list of his committee’s recommended amendments to the 1987 Constitution, including full foreign ownership…

PDP-Laban members’ support for Cha-cha should be ‘automatic’ — Padilla

Daniza Fernandez - Reporter / @DFernandezINQ 03/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The support of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) members for Charter change (Cha-cha) should be nothing short of “automatic,” Senator Robin Padilla said on Friday. In a virtual press briefing, Padilla,…

Battle of the brains

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 03/01/2023

Sen. Robinhood Padilla wants the Constitution amended, but not in the manner proposed by the House of Representatives. The House, recognizing what polls have been suggesting for decades now, wants to pursue amendments by means of an…

Amid Cha-cha moves, Robin Padilla wants party-list system abolished: ‘Yan dapat una nating gibain’

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 02/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robinhood Padilla on Sunday said abolishing the party-list system should be a top priority should Congress decide to form a constitutional convention (con-con) as a way to amend the 1987 Constitution. The neophyte…

Stranger than fiction

Raphael A. Pangalangan - @inquirerdotnet 02/23/2023

Who would have thought that a film starring two-time Razzie nominee Gerard Butler could lie at the center of political controversy? First-term Sen. Robinhood C. Padilla is calling for the ban of “Plane”—a B-movie production on a…

Padilla says slight physical bullying ‘ok’

Daniza Fernandez - @inquirerdotnet 02/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Slight physical bullying is “ok” and mental torture must be addressed first, Senator Robin Padilla said on Monday. Padilla even said that physical torture has helped him in life. “‘Yun pong physical bullying para po sa…

New love? Kylie Padilla gives glimpse of moments with ‘fellow wanderer’

Dana Cruz 01/01/2023

Kylie Padilla appeared to have welcomed the new year with a new romance as she showed herself holding hands with a mystery man during her recent trip to Thailand. The actress explored parts of the Kanchanaburi town…

The year that was: 5 people who hogged the headlines

Daniza Fernandez - Reporter / @DFernandezINQ 12/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines—It’s been a colorful and remarkable year for good and bad news, including those that fall in between. But in over 300 days, some stories are more controversial than others. As we turn the page to…

Padilla wants Feb. 1 observed as National Hijab Day

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 09/10/2022

MANILA, Philippines —  Senator Robin Padilla has filed a bill seeking the observance of a National Hijab Day in the country. In Padilla’s bill, the observance of the National Hijab Day will be every February 1. This…

Robin Padilla says higher taxes for PH’s super rich is ‘lunacy’

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 07/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Robin Padilla on Friday called the proposal to impose higher taxes on wealthy people a “big insanity” amid currently overlapping crises. According to the neophyte senator, imposing more taxes on the wealthy may…

DSWD-7: 144,157 kids in CV to get food supplies for 120 days

Futch Anthony Inso 07/04/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — About 144,157 children in Central Visayas will receive food supplies from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas or DSWD-7, through the agency’s Supplementary Feeding Program. Ma. Romilene Padilla, nutritionist…

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