Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III personally turned over on Wednesday night, Sept. 24 the findings of the House Infrastructure Committee (infra comm) to the Palace-created Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI). Dy, Isabela 's 6th district congressman, arrived at the ICI headquarters in...
Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin is open to the idea of placing the eccentric and unpredictable Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga under tighter security watch. "It 's a point that should seriously be discussed," Garin told House reporters on Wednesday...
President Marcos has ordered a full government mobilization ahead of the expected landfall of potential Severe Tropical Storm Opong this weekend. Speaking at a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) briefing in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, the President directed agencies...
The Philippine business community is in synch with other sectors of Filipino society in condemning those responsible for the trillion-peso flood control projects scandal. Many industry groups, including the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, have expressed their outrage and disgust...
President Marcos has named lawyer Brian Keith Hosaka as the executive director of the newly-formed Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI). Malacañang made the announcement on Wednesday night, Sept. 24, the same day Marcos designated Hosaka. His appointment letter was also transmitted to...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin lived up to her "Doc Nanay" tag when she put her foot down Wednesday, Sept. 24 on the unparliamentary antics of Cavite 4th district Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Barzaga. During a lull in the plenary debates on the P6.793-trillion National...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. warned that corruption in flood control projects is costing lives and undermining the country’s long-term resilience against disasters, describing it as nothing less than a “crime against the nation.” Teodoro made the remark...
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said he has secured a clearance that he has no pending cases before the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB). The clearance is required by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to consider the application of Remulla and 16 other applicants for the Ombudsman’s post...
The proposed extension of the 60-day suspension on rice imports and increase in rice tariffs has been approved by President Marcos, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said on Wednesday, Sept. 24, that the President has agreed to extend the import...
"Nagbunga naman po yata ang madalas niyang pagbibiyahe (Her frequent travels have paid off)." This was how Malacañang reacted to the revelation of Vice President Sara Duterte that one country had agreed to host her fathe r, detained former president Rodrigo Duterte, for his interim release from...
Malacañang has defended the Independent Commission for Infrastructure 's (ICI) move to obtain information and evidence from government agencies, stressing that it needs all the help it can get in order to make progress in the flood control mess investigation. By doing so does not mean the ICI...
Malacañang debunked claims made by Vice President Sara Duterte that the government is not offering help to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in need, tagging Duterte 's accusation as "another fake news." Duterte has called out President Marcos , saying he should focus on checking on...
