Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos was asked during a televised interview Saturday, March 26 whether he was a pessimist an optimist; he said he's the latter. (Jove Duero/ Unsplash) "'Im essentially an optimist," the UniTeam ticket figurehead told the panelists in The Deep Probe: The SMNI...
A Vladimir Putin state visit to the Philippines may be in the offing if former senator Bongbong Marcos becomes the country’s next president. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo from Lakas-CMD Media, AFP) In his guesting on The Deep Probe: The...
On-line ‘e-sabong’ (cockfight) licensee Charlie ‘’Atong’’ Ang denied allegations that he could make a ‘sabungero’(cockfight afficionado) disappear for P5,000 for game fixing. Ang made the denial before the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee chaired by Senator Ronald...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday expressed concern about the integrity of the upcoming elections after lawmakers discovered the breach in the operations of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec)​ service contractor, Smartmatic. Sotto said it is necessary for the Senate...
Probinsyano Ako Party-list Rep. Bonito Singson has stepped up calls for the Department of Health (DOH) to investigate the alleged vaccine price trickery or "bakuna budol" controversy. (Photo from Representative Jose "Bonito" C. Singson Jr.'s Facebook) Singson, chairman of the House Committee on...
Bayan Muna Party-list, on Thursday, March 3, filed House Resolution (HR) No. 2504 initiating a House investigation into the Social Security System’s (SSS) re-implementation of the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners (ACOP) Program. The SSS main office (FILE PHOTO) “The reimplementation of the...
Vice-presidential candidate Senate President Tito C. Sotto III said government efforts to locate the 31 missing online cockfight enthusiasts would continue after President Duterte agreed to suspend the licenses of seven electronic sabong firms that might be connected to the case. At a public forum...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26 vowed to go ahead with his investigation into the controversial 24/7 operation of e-sabong (online cockfight), which is believed to be a multi-billion pero industry. More importantly, the senator guaranteed that he would not...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday said the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will summon businessman Atong Ang to its inquiry into the disappearance of the 31 cockfight enthusiasts next week. Charlie Tiu Hay Sy Ang, also known as Atong Ang, at a Senate hearing. Dela...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Thursday said he will set another hearing on the case of the missing cockfight enthusiasts since the management and personnel of the cockpit arenas involved in their disappearances failed to attend the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs...
House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability chairman, DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Aglipay said he favors the proposed release of two Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives from detention. DIWA Party-list Rep. Michael Edgar Aglipay The two Pharmally executives, Mohit Dargani and...
The wife of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation Director Linconn Ong on Sunday thanked Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Richard Gordon for allowing her husband to visit their son who has dengue. In a statement, Summer Ong thanked the three senators and the Senate...