Alan Peter Cayetano

Alan Peter "Alan" Cayetano

Running for Senator

Controversies

Alan Cayetano's use of 'BTS' angered BTS fans

Cayetano, in an interview, said the newly formed BTS in Congress is not meant to offend the members of the original BTS, a popular K-pop band. "Nagkataon lang na we have coined our slogan to Bayanihan, Tapang at Servicio."
January 2021

Ex-Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to Miss Taguig: Be a Sport!

Cayetano, who was embroiled in a controversy over the term-sharing agreement regarding the House Speakership with Lord Allan Velasco, advised Lemonon to abide by the agreement and MUP rules she signed when she joined the pageant.
October 2020

Alan Peter Cayetano was ousted as Speaker

The lawmakers elected Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Q. Velasco as Speaker in keeping with a term-sharing deal brokered by President Rodrigo R. Duterte. There were 186 congressmen voted to install him as Speaker.
October 2020

Alan Peter Cayetano defends controversial 'We Went To Work For You' Photo

Netizens questioned and criticized the comparison between government officials and health frontliners who get to exposed to the threat of COVID-19 almost everyday. In their statement, they called out the public to just stay at home in order to prevent the spreading of the virus.
March 2020

Alan Cayetano, previously a staunch critic of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo becomes an ally

Cayetano said this new structure is a symbol of his intention to reconnect with Arroyo, whom he staunchly criticized when she was still president from 2001 to 2010.
March 2020

Cayetano on SEA Games mess

President Rodrigo Duterte is looking to probe allegations of corruption hounding the Philippines' hosting of the biennial meet. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte was displeased by what he has been hearing about the regional multi-sport.
November 2019

Cayetano and Bello embroiled in a shouting match

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano shouted at each other and argued over who was to blame for the Kuwaiti fiasco.
May 2018

Senator Cayetano secured a temporary restraining order on the airing of political advertisements against presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte and his running mate on ABS-CBN

Cayetano sought the TRO a day after ABS-CBN began airing the anti-Duterte ad paid for by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, which showed clips of Duterte cursing, uttering his controversial rape remark, and saying he is ready to kill.
May 2016

Cayetano claims Binays tried to buy damaging information against him

Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano claimed that a Makati lawyer has dangled P5 million to P20 million to suppliers for information about any anomalous projects in Taguig. He believed the lawyer is from the camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay.
November 2014

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano exposed the alleged relationship between Enrile and his former chief of staff

Cayetano's speech was in retaliation for Reyes' accusations of hypocrisy against him for supposedly receiving a cash gift from the Office of the Senate President. The incident ended with an apology and the irrevocable resignation of Reyes from Enrile's office.
October 2013

A heated debate between Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano turned personal

Cayetano noted he and his sister, Senator Pia Cayetano, have been quiet when the controversy over the P2.2 million funds given to senators broke out until Enrile himself admitted that he deliberately excluded the Cayetanos from the funds.
January 2013

Alan Peter Cayetano was called an 'ungrateful man'

Mikey and Iggy filed separate complaints against Cayetano seeking P6 million in damages. Even in the spate of suits filed against him by the Arroyos, Cayetano remained unfazed.
September 2006