Local chief executives and major business groups expressed their full support for President Marcos this week, with provincial governors, city mayors, and key industry leaders affirming stability and cooperation despite ongoing political issues, Malacañang said. In a press release, the Presidential...
The World Bank has flagged the delayed rollout of the most crucial activity—seismic retrofitting—for its soon-to-expire project loan aimed at protecting public schools and health facilities from “The Big One” earthquake that threatens to hit Metro Manila. In a Nov. 20 implementation status...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday, Nov. 20, underscored that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) cannot, and will not, intervene in the country’s political turmoil unless the Constitution and the courts explicitly direct them to do so. Teodoro...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos expressed her full support for the national government 's Bayanihan sa Estero program on Thursday, Nov. 21, noting the considerable improvement in Metro Manila 's flooding situation after the program 's launch. Abalos made the statement during...
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez says he is ready to face potential charges of plunder, graft, and indirect bribery from the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the flood control projects controversy. This, after the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and Department of...
The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will now turn over all evidence they have gathered on alleged flood control anomalies to the Office of the Ombudsman, President Marcos announced. In a video message uploaded to his social...
Another regional faction in the House of Representatives--this time led by no less than Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III 's--has expressed its continued support for President Marcos amid the allegations of corruption that have been hounding the administration. The Northern Luzon Alliance, which...
Frenzied developments in the political arena—the reshuffle and then the denial—have been driving me, and I believe the market as well, nuts, as reflected by the rollercoaster trading in the foreign exchange (forex) and equities. And this has been the situation since the President, with all...
Police recovered more than P133-million worth of suspected cocaine in a coastal area in Linapacan town, Palawan province, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday. Acting PNP chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said joint personnel from the Linapacan Municipal Police Station,...
Thousands of public school teachers across the country will stage a nationwide sit-down strike on November 28, halting regular classes to hold discussions with students on accountability, justice, and long-standing issues in the education sector. Leaders of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
Thirty-nine members of the Northern Luzon Alliance in the House of Representatives, led by Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos issued on Thursday night, Nov 20 a manifesto of support for House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III. "At a time when unity is tested, leadership is...
Akbayan Partylist gained access to Vice President Sara Duterte’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), which showed that she has a net worth of P88,512,370.22, up by P16.8 million from when she first became vice president. The partylist publicized Duterte’s SALN on Wednesday,...
