President Marcos, actor George Clooney, and his wife, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, discussed efforts to strengthen press freedom in the Philippines as the couple paid a courtesy call at Malacañan on Friday, Nov. 14. The President was joined by First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos...
Malacañang has dismissed former lawmaker Zaldy Co’s allegations against President Marcos as “wild accusations” and challenged him to return to the Philippines and prove his claims before the proper authorities. This came after Co, in a Facebook video, alleged that President Marcos ordered...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his condolences to families affected by the recent disasters, especially those who lost their loved ones during Typhoons Tino and Uwan. In an interview, Vice President Sara Duterte said she last spoke with the former president in between the two...
President Marcos has reaffirmed that he personally saw unfinished and “ghost” flood control projects during his visit to Iloilo City in August, saying the findings have become part of the government’s expanding investigation into alleged anomalies in flood-control spending. In his press...
Vice President Sara Duterte paid tribute to the families affected by recent calamities, vowing that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) will continue providing “immediate, efficient, and heartfelt” assistance as disasters strike multiple regions. Speaking at the OVP’s 90th anniversary...
Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, former Ako-Bicol party-list representative Zaldy Co, and 17 other congressmen being linked to the flood control project scandal were absent from the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Friday, Nov. 14. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping”...
President Marcos said the signing of the ASEAN Extradition Treaty (AET) marks a “defining moment” for Southeast Asia’s legal cooperation, as he opened the 13th ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) in Taguig City. Speaking before regional law chiefs on Friday, Nov. 14, Marcos said the treaty...
Vice President Sara Duterte believes President Marcos must be included in the corruption charges because he approved the 2025 national government budget. In a media interview in Cebu City on Thursday, Nov. 13, Duterte made it clear: Marcos must be held liable and send himself to jail. “Aminin na...
Senators on Thursday, Nov. 13, mourned the passing of former Senate President and Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, who died at the age of 101. By tradition, the Senate suspended its session until 1 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17. His daughter, Katrina Ponce Enrile, confirmed that the...
President Marcos paid tribute to the late Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, calling him one of the country’s “most enduring and respected public servants.” In a Facebook post, the President said Enrile’s death “marks the close of a chapter in our nation’s history,”...
President Marcos announced that the government is developing a "transparency portal" where the public can access information of government projects and their contractors. In order to ensure that honesty, integrity, and accountability are upheld in government, Marcos said on Thursday, Nov. 13, that...
Once cases are filed against former Ako Bikol Partylist congressman Zaldy Co, President Marcos will order the cancellation of his passport, but now he is letting the courts do their job. Co, who has been out of the country supposedly to seek medical treatment, is among the biggest personalities...
