ASEAN relief body donates equipment for residents displaced by Marawi conflict
A disaster relief body of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) handed over relief items and equipment for persons displaced from their homes...
Atimonan folk to critics of power plant project: Don’t block progress
THE PLAN by Atimonan One Energy, Inc. to build a power plant will bring progress to Atimonan and put it on a par with...
PHL drug war ‘slowed’ fight vs terror — US
A REPORT released by the US State department on Wednesday noted the drop in terror attacks and fatalities in 2016 but flagged, among other...
Rights watchdog flags new leaders’ authoritarianism
US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump and his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo R. Duterte, are among a new breed of leaders around the world who seek...
Duterte visits Marawi City some 2 months into siege
By Jil Danielle M. Caro
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte finally visited Marawi City on Thursday afternoon, July 20, about two months into the siege of...
SolGen to seek arrest, voiding of bail bonds for communists
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
THE OFFICE of the Solicitor General (OSG) will seek the arrest and cancelation of bail bonds of communist leaders, following...
SALNs of Cabinet members show Villar richest, Mariano poorest
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
Reporter
PUBLIC WORKS and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar is the only billionaire and the richest among President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s...
CA upholds dismissal of ex-ARMM Gov. Ampatuan over unexplained wealth
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
THE COURT of Appeals (CA) has upheld the Office of the Ombudsman’s dismissal of former Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao...
COMELEC advisory body to hold fair to select election automation provider
By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) Advisory Council (CAC) through the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set to...
Gov’t on US Congress hearing on PHL drug war: We expect fairness
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT officials said they expect the hearing of the US House of Representatives’ human rights body on the “human rights consequences” of the...
Nestlé opens coffee buying station in Quirino
A NESTLÉ satellite coffee buying station was recently opened in Diffun, Quirino to provide a more convenient venue where producers in the area can...
Iloilo City’s CCTV Ordinance expanded to more high-risk areas
SEAPORTS, MOTELS, pension houses, drive-in hotels, and lodging houses, are now covered by the CCTV (closed circuit television) Ordinance of Iloilo City. The city...