The Philippine Navy (PN) on Tuesday, Nov. 18, firmly rejected claims that retired Marine Sergeant Orly Regala Guteza, who claimed to have delivered suitcases filled with cash to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and resigned Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Zaldy Co during a Senate...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson described as “Un-Filipino” the accusations thrown by Sen. Imee Marcos against her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and the First Family. Lacson made the statement on Tuesday, November 18, saying that while siblings...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun enrolling 300,000 additional households into the “Walang Gutom Program” (WGP), completing the government’s target of 600,000 beneficiaries for 2025. Undersecretary Edu Punay of the DSWD’s Innovation and Program Development...
The Marcos Jr. administration’s economic team has undergone a recent reshuffle, with resignations and new appointments appearing to serve as a swift response to emerging allegations of irregularities involving senior Cabinet officials, according to private-sector economists. “While resignations...
House Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III says resigned Ako Bicol Party-list congressman Zaldy Co must prove his convictions in his video exposés by coming back home to the Philippines and submitting himself to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI). This, as Dy dismissed any supposed...
House Deputy Speaker Antipolo City 1st district Rep. Ronaldo "Ronnie" Puno boldly called the embattled Zaldy Co "the most guilty" as far as the alleged anomalies on flood control amd other infrastructure projects are concerned. Puno made this statement Monday, Nov.17 during a press conference with...
In an emotionally-charged statement, House Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos slammed the actions of his aunt, Senator Imee !Marcos, after the latter accused his father, President Marcos of being a drug user "HINDI ITO ASAL NG ISANG TUNAY NA KAPATID (This is not the...
Google search led us to the fact that when the Filipino people threw out the Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. dictatorship into exile in 1986, the poverty incidence was at 41 percent. Social Weather Station (SWS) recently found that 50 percent of Filipinos consider themselves poor today. SWS says 14.9...
Major political parties Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and Nacionalista Party (NP) are prodding Zaldy Co to stop hiding and return home following his release of several video messages wherein he claimed that President Marcos received massive kickbacks from infrastructure projects. The parties...
Six prominent groups representing the business sector reaffirmed their commitment to invest and create jobs in the Philippines amid weakening sentiment in the economy, which is fueled by what they described as a “political turmoil” stemming from the ongoing corruption scandal. In a rare joint...
The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) has called out former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co for putting out "theatrical" videos that could end up "distracting" Filipinos from the important issues of budget insertions and flood control projects. "The [NPC] expresses its concern over the...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte reiterated his longstanding call for mandatory hair follicle drug testing for all government officials, following Sen. Imee Marcos’ disclosure about her brother, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday night, Nov. 17. In a statement...
