BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has assured continuous assistance for typhoon “Tino” victims. Lacson said that the President’s visit is encouraging and showed that the government is aware of the situation in calamity-hit...
President Marcos is closely monitoring the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) rally and has ordered law-enforcement agencies to ensure public safety with maximum tolerance, Malacañang said Sunday evening, Nov. 16. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said this as members of...
Proponents of the Independent Commission Against Infrastructure Corruption (ICAIC) Act in the House of Representatives have hailed the measure 's approval at the technical working group (TWG) level. Celebraring this development over the weekened were Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep....
Various progressive groups led by The United People’s Initiative (UPI) held a protest rally calling for accountability, justice, and integrity among government officials on the flood control anomalies at the People Power Monument along White Plains Avenue on Sunday, Nov. 16. Secretary General...
House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio isn 't convinced one bit by Zaldy Co 's "I 'm a victim" narrative as far as flood control and other infrastructure project anomalies are concerned. Tinio, in a statement Sunday, Nov. 16, pointed out that Co 's alleged...
Malacañang shrugged off calls for President Marcos to resign amid allegations of corruption linked to ongoing flood control anomalies, stressing that a change in leadership could halt the investigations. In a statement on Sunday, Nov. 16, Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Sunday, November 16 he didn’t find it strange to see the stock market plunge to a new five-year low following the allegations made by former lawmaker Zaldy Co against President “Bongbong” Marcos. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance said...
Thousands of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) members flocked to the Quirino Grandstand in Manila at the start of the three-day demonstration dubbed as "Rally for Transparency and a Better Democracy" on Sunday, Nov. 16, to urge transparency and accountability from the national government following the...
Warning of worsening ecological damage in Nueva Vizcaya, Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao of Bayombong urged President Marcos to stop large-scale mining operations that he said imperil forests, rivers, and the communities that depend on them. “We are appealing to the president… Let us not give big...
In a rare show of force, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its three major service branches, the Philippine Army (PA), Philippine Navy (PN), and Philippine Air Force (PAF), have issued a unified appeal for calm, responsible conduct, and respect for constitutional processes as the...
President Marcos is monitoring the start of the three-day protest of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in Manila on Sunday, Nov. 16. The President is monitoring the rally staged by the religious group for transparency and better democracy while he is in Malacañan, Presidential Communications Office...
Vice President Sara Duterte said the Marcos administration is intimidating critics by filing sedition raps against them, similar to what they did with her and Cavite Rep. Kiko Barzaga. “Ginagamit nilang panakot (They are using it to intimidate),” she said on Friday, Nov. 14, when asked about...
