Graft suit over 2025 budget filed
ALLIES of the Duterte clan filed a complaint before the Ombudsman on Monday, accusing House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and other lawmakers of...
State can fund USAID studies — NEDA
THE Government can still fund ongoing studies and outsource technical assistance projects initially funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) amid...
New Comelec commissioners named
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has named a lawyer from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and a regional election director as new commissioners of...
NBI foils P22-M smuggled fuel — BoC
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) said on Monday that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Criminal Intelligence Division (CRID) intercepted smuggled fuel valued at...
CA overturns dropped charges vs Canada waste
THE Court of Appeals (CA) overturned a lower court’s decision to dismiss smuggling charges from the unlawful importation of fifty container vans of “Canada...
27 villages, public offices get free Wi-Fi in Mt. Province
BAGUIO CITY — At least twenty-seven barangays and local government offices have become beneficiaries of the government’s “Free Wi-Fi for All Program” in Mt....
2 killed, 3 hurt in Cotabato gun attacks
COTABATO CITY — Two Moro villagers were killed, while three others were wounded in separate gun attacks in two adjoining towns in Cotabato province...
Mt. Province cannabis plantation torched
BAGUIO CITY — Authorities, led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Cordillera, torched down a total of P3.06 million worth of...
COMELEC launches Kontra Bigay 2.0 against vote-buying, vote selling
by Edg Adrian A. Eva, Reporter
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) launched the "Kontra Bigay" committee on Friday to intensify its crackdown on vote-buying and...
Senate urged to hold impeachment trial of VP Sara during Congress break
THE PHILIPPINE Senate should start preparing for the impeachment trial of Vice-President (VP) Sara Duterte-Carpio while on a congressional break, as mandated by the 1987 Constitution, political analysts said at the weekend.
PHL to resist intrusions by foreigners in sea zone
THE PHILIPPINES remains committed to fighting foreign intrusions and defending its sovereignty in the South China Sea, the National Maritime Council said at the...
Probe of nonoptimal mining permit process sought
SENATE President Francis G. Escudero has filed a resolution that seeks to review Philippine mining laws and the nonoptimal permit approval process, noting that...