For the public, road construction can be an eyesore as well as a source of headache due to the traffic congestion it brings, especially when it's fresh in the memory that it's just been built and once again being repaved. Department of Public Works and Highways Sec. Manuel Bonoan presents the...
CAMP GEN. PACIANO RIZAL, Santa Cruz, Laguna – The leader of a crime group and his companion were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Canlalay, Biñan City, this province, on Wednesday, October 4. Police Col. Harold Depositar, Laguna police director, identified the suspects as...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said that the Senate is ready to answer any questions and issues concerning the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act of 2023 under Republic Act No. 11954. "I have already instructed the Senate Secretary to coordinate with the Office of the Solicitor...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has urged the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to make sure that there will be funding for the increase in the monthly social pension of the country's indigent senior citizens. Villanueva, the principal sponsor of the Increased Social Pension...
Should legislation to regulate the allocation of confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) be pursued, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri believes that local government units (LGUs) shouldn't be spared from it. "If you come up with a law, I will suggest na isama ang LGUs (that LGUs be included),"...
ILOILO CITY – A lady leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was among the three casualties in a clash with the 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army in Leon town, Iloilo province on September 29. The Army identified the slain high-ranking NPA leader as Rebecca Alfaro, alias...
A Senate panel issued a subpoena compelling Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Mel Robles, Chairman Junie Cua, and its other officials for repeated absences in the upper chamber's inquiry into the integrity and trustworthiness of lotto games. Since the beginning of the...
Senior citizens will no longer have to wait until they reach 100 years old to receive cash gifts from the government. The Senate approved on third and final reading on Monday, Sept. 25, the bill expanding the coverage of the Centenarians Act of 2016. Voting 20-0, under Senate Bill No....
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that he is open to proposals of suspending the excise tax on imported oil and bio-ethanol as an immediate measure to bring down the fuel prices in the country. “The suspension of the excise tax could offer a temporary respite and serve...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III warned against the possible abuse regarding the issuance of the Presidential Certification of Necessity and Urgency stating that under the Constitution there's a requirement for it. Senate PRIB photo Pimentel pointed this out during...
BUTUAN CITY – A top leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao was killed in a encounter with the 8th Infantry (Dependable) Battalion (8th IB) in Sitio Lagaslasan, Barangay Kulaman, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on Wednesday, August 23. The fatality was identified as “Kumander Mojen” or...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) leader wanted for rape was arrested in Sitio Cunalom, Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 29. The warrant of arrest for “Jude,” 68, was issued by Presiding Judge Walter Zorilla of Regional Trial Court Branch 55 and...
