Metro Pacific Water Solutions (MPWS), a unit of the Metro Pacific Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hitachi Asia Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., to explore potential joint projects in the water and wastewater management sector in the Philippines. In a statement, Metro...
DAGUPAN CITY – The construction of a P1.8-billion bridge that will cross the Calmay River here is under way after almost 90 years. REP. Christopher de Venecia and former Rep. Gina de Venecia grace the groundbreaking ceremony of the Calmay Bridge in Dagupan City. A groundbreaking ceremony...
Backing up his ally, Vice President Sara Duterte, Senator Christopher "Bong" Go asked members of the House of Representatives to ease up on its contempt citations as he expressed concern for the health of lawyer Zuleika Lopez. He said this on Saturday, Nov. 23, after the turmoil that erupted...
DAGUPAN CITY – Pangasinan Rep. Christopher de Venecia on Friday led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Edades and Bernal Cultural Center and Museum on a vacant lot on Judge Jose de Venecia Sr. Highway in Barangay Pantal here. PANGASINAN Rep. Christopher de Venecia and Mayor Belen Fernandez lead...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22, that the Senate's parallel probe on former President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war will begin on Monday, Oct. 28. Pimentel will be presiding over a motu propio investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee...
For Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero, it would be better if the Senate's parallel probe on Rodrigo Duterte's controversial drug war would not be led by the ex-president's close allies Senators Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa and Christopher "Bong" Go. In a chance interview on Thursday, Oct. 17,...
Rowena Guanzon (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Facebook) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon thinks it's better for Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa to simply keep quiet, if he wants to keep his close ally former president...
There's a high chance that former President Rodrigo Duterte would attend the Senate's brewing investigation into his administration's drug war. This was according to Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa who said in a phone interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16, that he would invite Duterte and his former...
(From left to right) Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr., Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, and Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez. Co-chairmen of the House quad-committee...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian denied that the agency turned down requests from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for financial aid such as the Assistance to Individuals In Crisis Situations (AICS). Gatchalian had this to say during the hearing of...
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go said he was never involved in former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. "Bilang (As the) Special Assistant of the President noon, I have no participation whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in the operational requirements of the war on drugs," he said...
As the Philippines and New Zealand work on increasing their diplomatic and economic ties, President Marcos expressed hopes that the Philippine durian could soon be exported to island-country. In downtown Davao City, a vendor sells durian in his stall. (Keith Bacongco/Manila Bulletin) ...
