Senator Imee Marcos said her mother, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, has denied receiving a demand letter from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) asking her to settle the Marcos family’s supposed P203-billion estate tax liability. Nevertheless, the Marcos family’s lawyers are now...
President Duterte was enraged by the continuous drug problems in the country despite the recent accomplishments wherein some P13.2 billion worth of shabu and were seized from March 6-19. Duterte's outrage was due to the fact that the illegal drugs problems in the country is still serious despite...
Quezon 4th district Rep. Angelina "Helen" Tan trumpeted on Sunday night, March 20, the P26 billion worth of programs that she has help implement in her almost nine years of service as a congresswoman. Quezon 4th district Rep. Angelina "Helen" Tan delivers her "Ulat ng Panunungkulan" on March 20,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) announced Friday, March 18, that the recent successful operations resulting in the seizure of multi-billion peso worth of illegal drugs were unrelated to the May 2022 national and local elections . In a radio interview over Dobol B TV, PDEA Director...
Saying that the government should do "much better", former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has pitched a way for the state to muster enough funds so it can give each Filipino family P10,000 in direct cash aid or "ayuda". (Unsplash) Not only that, but Cayetano said there will also be P50 billion...
Bayan Muna Party-list solons under the militant Makabayan bloc wants a House probe into the unused P4.99-billion loans for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that was provided by the "Bayanihan 2" Law. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) On March 2, The Commission on...
Presidential bet Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s spokesman Vic Rodriguez has described Aksyon’s Demokrariko's statements as “reckless” and “abhorrent" as the party sounded off on the alleged P203-billion tax liabilities of the Marcoses. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos...
Who should take the heat from the apparent non-usage of some P4.9 billion worth of financial aid that Congress had set aside last year for the Covid-19 pandemic-stricken tourism sector? Photo from LRay Villafuerte’s Facebook page) That's essentially what former deputy speaker, Camarines Sur 2nd...
Government anti-narcotics operatives allegedly seized Tuesday, March 8, P1.1 billion worth of methampethamine hydrochloride or "shabu" from a Chinese drug suspect and a Filipina cohort in a buy-bust operation in Valenzuela City. PDEA logo The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said he knows a way to save the Philippines some P1.4 billion in fuel costs everyday amid the current volatility in the world crude market. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “The situation in the global markets will take a while to stabilize. Meanwhile we are...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK reached a new milestone when another of their videos reached one billion views on YouTube. According to YG Entertainment, BLACKPINK’s "How You Like That" dance performance video reached one billion views on YouTube at about 10:19 p.m. Korea standard time on Feb. 7....
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed on Thursday, Jan 20 more than P5 billion worth of seized and surrendered dangerous drugs at the Integrated Waste Management, Inc. (IWMI) in Trece Martires City, Cavite. P,5,362,909,417 worth of various Based on the consolidated report of the...
