ZAMBOANGA CITY – An Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader detained for kidnapping at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi is facing additional charges of frustrated murder, police said. ASG sub-leader Injimar Mangkabong detained at the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Jail faces additional charges of...
After months of speaking engagements in the United States and Europe, former vice president Leni Robredo returned to the Philippines over the weekend. Former vice president Leni Robredo speaks before alumni of the UP College of Law during their homecoming event on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (Leni...
A true leader and a dedicated public servant. (Marcelino Libanan's Facebook) That's how House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan described House Speaker Martin Romualdez, whom he greeted on his birthday via Facebook Monday midnight. "Happy Birthday to our House Speaker, Ferdinand Martin Romualdez! I...
Digital Pilipinas Convenor Amor Maclang cited for work in Fintech in ASEAN Amor Maclang (center) receives her Global Fintech ASEAN Leader award from Jia Hang, General Manager of SEA, Ant Group (left) and Shadab Taiyabi, President of the Singapore FinTech Association (right). Digital Pilipinas...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday, Aug. 24 that her "conscience" will not allow her to work with her colleague, Alan Peter Cayetano, as leader of the minority in the Commission on Appointments (CA). While she did not object to Tuesday's appointment of Cayetano as CA minority leader, Hontiveros...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City, Laguna – The leader of a gun-for-hire group and his companion were arrested following an encounter Tuesday, Aug. 23, in Barangay San Roque, Rosario, Batangas. Police Regional Office 4-A director Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. identified the suspect as...
If there's one House member whose opinion on Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos actually matters, its Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos speaks on the podium. Over his right shoulder is Majority Leader Mannix...
The Senate Committee on Rules decided on Tuesday, Aug. 9 that two Senate deputy majority leaders - Senators Joseph Victor ‘’JV’’ Ejercito and Mark Villar- would be considered ex-officio members of all permanent Senate committee. This was adopted during the first meeting of the Senate rules...
Fidel Valdez Ramos, who served as the 12th President of the Republic of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, carved his well-deserved place in history. He was a professional soldier. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was an Infantry Reconnaissance platoon leader of...
Messages poured in on the commemoration of the 13th death anniversary of democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, who died in 2009 at age of 76 because of advanced colon cancer. A supporter of former president Cory Aquino visited her tomb at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque City on...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday, July 31, expressed grief over the passing of former president Fidel V. Ramos, the chairman emeritus of his political party, Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD). Former president Fidel V. Ramos (Reuters) “We all grieve because we lost a great...
Aklan 2nd district Rep. Teodorico Haresco Jr. has expressed support for neophyte lawmaker Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos who was recently elected House senior deputy majority leader. Rep. Haresco (congress.gov.ph) Marcos, a first-time lawmaker, was given the plum post in the House of...
