Funeral benefits under SSS, GSIS increased
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has issued an order increasing the funeral benefits for employees in both the private and public sectors by P20,000 to...
Suspected kidnap-for-ransom group members arrested
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
OPERATIVES OF the Bureau of Immigration (BI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) have rounded up a total of 45 foreign...
Aguirre: Usurpation, graft case vs Aquino petty
JUSTICE SECRETARY Vitaliano N. Aguirre II on Wednesday opined that the usurpation and graft charges filed against ex-President Benigno S. C. Aquino III over...
‘World is watching,’ De Lima warns Duterte after EU parliamentarians’ visit
By Jil Danielle M. Caro
A 12-MAN delegation from the European Union (EU) visited detained Senator Leila M. de Lima on Wednesday to discuss her...
SC justice flags administrative orders by Sereno
By Kristine Joy V. Patag
Reporter
A JUSTICE of the Supreme Court (SC) has flagged administrative orders issued by Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes P.A. Sereno, including...
PHL faces balancing act’ in maritime dispute: Former US state secretary Albright
FORMER US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright flagged the Philippines’ crucial role in the South China Sea, amid its still pending maritime dispute with...
Isko Moreno is new Northrail Corp. boss
FORMER MANILA vice-mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso is now the chairman and chief executive officer of North Luzon Railways Corporation. Mr. Domagoso got the...
Rizal prosecutor gunned down
ANOTHER prosecutor was gunned down earlier this week, the fifth government lawyer to be attacked under the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. Assistant...
Iloilo aims to make its millennials a ‘smoke-free generation’
A LOCAL law that will regulate the sale of cigarettes to Iloilo province residents who were born from Jan. 1, 2010 onwards is planned...
Council approves anti-terror ordinance that will penalize possession of extremist materials and paraphernalia
THE DAVAO City council has approved the anti-terror ordinance, which penalizes the recruitment and membership to local and international extremist groups. “We will just...
Duterte wants martial law until end of 2017
By Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
Reporter
PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte plans to extend military rule in Mindanao until the end of the year to defeat a...
SWS: Satisfaction with state institutions ‘good’
PUBLIC SATISFACTION ratings of chief government institutions under the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte settled in the “good” territory during the second quarter...