MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang acknowledged the “new majority” and the leadership of Senate President Pro Tempore Win Gatchalian as Senate sessions resumed on Wednesday, June 3 after a plenary ...

Tuesday was supposed to be a voting day in the House, with members flying back to Washington to begin their workweek by passing a slate of bipartisan bills. Instead the floor was largely deserted ...

(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis Escudero became the 12th senator to join the minority. In a surprise turn of events, the Senate 11-member minority bloc has now become the majority although ...

All 11 members of the Senate minority bloc were present at the resumption of the regular session at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. However, members of the majority bloc did not appear. INQUIRER ...

The Senate majority’s slim advantage is increasingly under strain as two of its members are unable to participate in sessions because of legal troubles The Senate is fundamentally a game of numbers ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate minority bloc said the absence of the majority during Monday’s session was a boycott following the arrest of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, not a call for Senate independence ...

Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday said that two senators from the majority bloc may transfer to the minority amid dissatisfaction over a proposal to amend Senate rules and allow lawmakers to participate ...

Non-whites are set to become the majority for the first time in the US by 2050, a situation mirrored in up to 16 states — including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, according to new census data.

The 13-member Senate majority bloc remains "solid" amid talks of possible leadership change, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said Monday. "Buo 'yung 13. Sa 13, walang onsehan," Cayetano told ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, allowed the swing district seat to sit vacant for more than a year as her party clung to a slim majority. By Mitch Smith and Sam Easter Sam Easter reported from ...

Canadians have never before seen a minority government become a majority government through a combination of floor crossing and byelections. A small increase in the number of Liberal caucus members ...

Our Founders were well versed in philosophy, politics and psychology. They stood on the shoulders of giants and learned from them. They recognized that a pure democracy was not the best government and ...