Two deputy speakers in the House of Representatives can 't help but feel that Vice President Sara Duterte 's continued refusal to personally answer the charges in her impeachment trial is a sign of guilt. La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Jay Khonghun,...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday, July 22, said President Marcos Jr. 's decision to summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan sent a clear message that the national government considers China 's latest actions in Ayungin Shoal "unacceptable."...
Content creator Boss Toyo has apologized after drawing criticism over social media posts that many netizens viewed as casting doubt on veteran journalist Kara David 's "I-Witness" documentary about an illegal dumpsite in an Aeta ancestral domain in Subic, Zambales. The controversy began after...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. defended the government 's transparency initiative in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying efforts to discredit it only serve China 's interests. Teodoro issued the statement on Monday, July 20, after some lawmakers...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela traded barbs on social media over the controversy surrounding an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video by China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys and...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro cried foul over a propaganda video made by the Chinese state media depicting Filipinos as a monkey, saying such a move only expose the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Chinese Communist Party. In a statement, Teodoro said the artificial...
A ranking congressman has called out impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers for supposed acts in violation of decorum. In a statement on Wednesday, July 15, House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun told the defense panel to uphold the...
George Clooney is returning to the Venice Film Festival this year, where he’ll be honored with a lifetime achievement award. The festival’s organizers said Monday that Clooney has been selected to receive the Golden Lion at the 83rd edition of the festival in September. “I’ve had so...
Another Diaz is making her mark on the international weightlifting stage as Alexsandra Diaz shattered youth world records in her weight class at the IWF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Monday, July 6 (Philippine time). The 15-year-old Diaz, niece of Philippines’ first Olympic gold...
Arthaland Corp. has broken ground on a ₱12-billion luxury residential project in partnership with Japan’s Mitsui Fudosan Co., a bet that the property market’s downturn is nearing its end. In a briefing, Jay Caniza, Arthaland head of planning and design, said the boutique green developer...
The Philippines has had its fair share of disasters, be it floods, the pandemic, or the fuel crisis. Many people come together during these times to help those in need, usually by holding donation drives and community kitchens. One of these is #TuloyPh, a community kitchen run out of restaurants...
Shaken by the deadly Tacloban City school shooting, House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David “Jayjay” Suarez called for the swift passage of the proposed Digital Safety of Minors Act. Embodied in House Bill (HB) No. 9825, the measure seeks to seeks to establish robust protections in...
