Senator Imee Marcos has filed a measure seeking to move the November 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to October 2027, noting that the election this year will fall exactly on All Souls’ Day. Marcos said passage of the bill into law would help Filipinos bear with the cost...
President Marcos said government work will not stop despite the ongoing energy crisis, stressing that public service must continue across all sectors. “Kahit mabigat ang krisis natin sa enerhiya, ang trabaho ng gobyerno ay hindi maaaring doon lang tumigil (Even if the energy crisis is heavy, the...
House members under the Committee on Justice appears to be just days away from recommending to plenary the second impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte in as many years. Meanwhile, the Senate leadership has a "forthwith" attitude when it comes subjecting the Vice President to an impeachment...
Senator Risa Hontiveros says she is "preparing" and "seriously considering" running for the presidency in the 2028 elections as former vice president and current Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo has already announced her decision not to seek the country’s highest post. "Naghahanda ako at dahil sinabi...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said Malacañang will comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to comment on a petition seeking the disclosure of President Marcos’ health condition. Recto, in an interview on Friday, April 24, confirmed that the government is preparing its response following...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is all set for the impeachment complaint hearing of the House Committee on Justice, the agency’s top official said on Saturday, April 25. NBI director Melvin Matibag said their testimony will focus more on the result of the investigation they conducted...
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Melvin Matibag rejected claims that the raid conducted on a nightclub and a hotel in Pasig City was politically-motivated as the establishments are reportedly owned by the family of a former lawmaker who is vocal against the Marcos administration....
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it has yet to determine the exact whereabouts of former Ako Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy Co, noting that there is “no specific” information available as of now. On Thursday, April 23, DOJ Secretary Fredderick Vida traveled to the Czech Republic to...
Authorities seized P784 million worth of counterfeit cigarettes while a big syndicate operating in the Negros Island Region (NIR) with alleged links to an active police major was dismantled in another major crackdown against the illegal tobacco trade nationwide, the Department of the Interior and...
Batangas 1st district Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste is prodding the Marcos administration to launch an investigation on the alleged discrimination and corruption in its "Bawat Bayan Makikinabang" programs, including the "Bawat Barangay Makikinabang" program. This, after the neophyte congressman told...
Pag-IBIG Fund is continuing its housing fair series in South Luzon and the Visayas, with the South Luzon fair set on April 27 and 28 at the Jose Rizal Coliseum in Calamba City, Laguna, and the Visayas fair scheduled on April 30 and May 1 at the IEC Convention Center Cebu. The two fairs will each...
For years, the Philippine economic narrative was one of resilient, if unremarkable, stability. But as 2026 unfolds, that script is being rewritten by volatile cocktail of geopolitical friction, stalled infrastructure, and a central bank forced to abandon its post-pandemic crouch. The Bangko Sentral...
