ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has criticized Senate President Chiz Escudero for supposedly delaying the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Castro says the convening of an impeachment court is not contingent on public clamor, but a constitutional mandate. ...
Personalities under the Makabayan bloc have chided Vice President Sara Duterte for asking the Supreme Court (SC) to stop her impeachment, mere weeks after she declared readiness to face her case. They condemned Duterte's move of filing a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) request before the SC on...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House tri-committee (tri-comm) has stumbled upon an apparent need to amend tax laws in order to help the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) properly collect taxes from online...
Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc on Saturday, Feb. 15, hit former president Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to kill senators, which they said show how the Dutertes view their political rivals. In a campaign rally in Manila, Duterte recently suggested killing “many senators” in a bomb blast...
A group of photographers in Paris issued an explanation and apology after photos of K-pop idol and actor Taecyeon and his girlfriend spread online. The photos were taken near the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris in April last year. One photo showed Taecyeon kneeling before his non-celebrity...
DAVAO CITY – Leaders of an Indigenous Peoples group in Davao del Norte have urged the House of Representatives to act on the ethics complaint they filed against House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro. CASTRO The Ata-Manobo Tribal Council of Elders and...
Maka​bayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has denied that lawmakers were forced to sign the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte during a caucus held before Wednesday's plenary session. Castro said the 215 House members who signed the complaint were...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (left), ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (PPAB) Calling it a step in the right direction, Makabayan bloc solons welcomed the House of Representatives' initiative to push for a P200 legislated wage...
Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) Vice President Sara Duterte's two-year stint as Department of Education (DepEd) secretary worsened the country’s education crisis, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro said. Castro, a House...
French Ambassador to the Philippines Marie Fontanel announced on Thursday, Jan. 23, that the French Aircraft Carrier Group, FS Charles De Gaulle, will visit the Philippines in a “month from now” and will also hold bilateral exercises with the United States in the country’s Exclusive Economic...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (PPAB, Facebook) Don't interfere with the move to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. This was House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Contributed photo) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is demanding accountability public apology from the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) for issuing a memorandum...