BAGUIO CITY – Former Marine officer Ariel Querubin urged President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte to settle their differences and concentrate in performing their jobs. QUERUBIN (Zaldy Comanda) "They should try to settle the difference. There are more important...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s allies in the Senate have accepted the inevitability they won’t be able to press for a higher budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for 2025 given the current circumstances. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said the OVP’s budget for next year...
Voting 18-0-1, the Senate approved on third and final reading on Tuesday, Nov. 26, House Bill 10800 or the P6.352 trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). In plenary, Senator Grace Poe enumerated during the period of committee amendments how the Senate maximized the budget to secure the...
Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman (PPAB) Basilan lone district Rep. Mujiv Hataman has asserted that the proposed postponement of the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from 2025 to 2026 is a...
Senator Imee Marcos has formally asked Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero to fine-tune the procedures in the upcoming bicameral conference committee (bicam) meeting on the 2025 national budget. In her letter to Escudero, which she coursed through Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the...
A Muslim lawyer and head of a political party in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has urged the government to hold the region's first-ever parliamentary elections next year as scheduled in accordance with the law. Meanwhile, political observers claimed that extending the historic...
Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (PPAB) CALBAYOG CITY, Samar—Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo says the House of Representatives' contingent to the Bicameral Conference Committee for the proposed 2025 national budget...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said he is confident that an increase in the budget for the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the continued financial support for the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) would boost the economic growth of Mindanao. Dela Rosa,...
Four governors in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao have sought the postponement of the first regular parliamentary elections in the region that coincides with the mid-term elections next year. In joint statement signed by Basilan Gov. Jim S. Hataman Salliman, Lanao del Sur Gov....
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy in the Philippines, the United Kingdom body “committed to promoting global democracy,” continuously advocates for a fair, transparent, and peaceful historic parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro region in May 2025. As the election in the Bangsamoro...
CEBU CITY – Three nominees of a neophyte party-list group admitted that they are facing an uphill climb in their bid to earn a seat in the House of Representatives in next year's elections. But banking on a solid platform and advocacies that aim to give the Filipinos a better healthcare...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should adopt a proactive approach in dealing with the cancellation of alien employment permits (AEPs) issued to foreign workers in the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian made the call...
