Senator Imee Marcos on Saturday, Dec. 13 flagged the sharp increase in the Department of Education’s (DepEd) classroom construction budget, despite the agency’s rather lackluster 23 percent absorption rate. During Bicameral Conference Committee deliberations on the proposed 2026 national...
Senator Imee Marcos raised concerns over the supposed absence of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) budget during the first day of the Bicameral Conference Committee hearings on the proposed 2026 national budget on Saturday, Dec. 13. During the proceedings, Marcos appeared puzzled...
Vice President Sara Duterte told President Marcos to stop gaslighting his sister, Senator Imee Marcos, after the former claimed that it was unlike his sibling to alleged that he was a drug addict. In a media interview in Davao City on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the official said she was aware that the...
President Marcos has broken his silence on the drug allegations of his own sister against him and his family, saying the person who had them wrapped in a controversy "is not my sister." In an emotional response to queries about his sister, Senator Imee Marcos, during a press conference on Monday,...
Malacañang has reiterated that President Marcos will not undergo hair follicle drug test, saying he will not give in to any provocation from his critics. Responding to the dare of Senator Imee Marcos that she would agree to undergo a DNA test if the President agrees to do a hair follicle test,...
Malacañang said there is currently no plan to pursue any legal actions against Senator Imee Marcos after her drug allegations against President Marcos and the First Family. "Let’s just wait and see. As of now, we do not have any plans of making and legal action against her. So, let’s just...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, Nov. 18, distanced the military from allegations raised by Sen. Imee Marcos that her brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is using drugs. Acting AFP spokesperson Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad said the claim of the lady lawmaker is a...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday responded to the fresh remarks of her nephew, House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos, after he criticized her for accusing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his family of illegal drug use. In a Facebook post, the senator said Sandro...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson described as “Un-Filipino” the accusations thrown by Sen. Imee Marcos against her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and the First Family. Lacson made the statement on Tuesday, November 18, saying that while siblings...
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte reiterated his longstanding call for mandatory hair follicle drug testing for all government officials, following Sen. Imee Marcos’ disclosure about her brother, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday night, Nov. 17. In a statement...
A desperate move. This was how Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro described Senator Imee Marcos ' drug allegations against her brother, President Marcos. In her vlog, Castro questioned the senator 's intention in claiming that her brother is using illegal...
On the second day of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) anti-corruption rally on Monday, November 17, Senator Imee Marcos took the stage and claimed her brother President Marcos, his wife, Liza and their children of having used illegal drugs. The senator, a known ally of former president Rodrigo Duterte...
