Senatorial aspirant Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno has pieces of advice for those affected by the “Operation Baklas” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno listed a few legal tips to help their volunteers and supporters...
Three men and a woman were arrested for possession of a gun and illegal drugs worth P141,440 in police operations in Taguig and Muntinlupa on Feb. 4 and 5. In Muntinlupa, suspects John Peter Castillo, 30, and Lirio Hernandez, 37, were caught carrying a firearm and using suspected shabu in Purok 5,...
The Diocese of Cubao has informed the public that Rico Sabanal is no longer a Catholic priest. Photo Diocese of Cubao FB "Fr. Rico Sabanal is no longer a Roman Catholic priest and has no priestly faculty to perform any religious activities anywhere in the Philippines,” CBCP News quoted the...
Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero has called on the national government to relax its requirements for small cooperatives to receive assistance and subsidies if the country wants to facilitate an inclusive post-pandemic recovery. Escudero, a senatorial aspirant running under the...
The police arrested a suspected leader of a carnapping group for possession of a firearm and a grenade in violation of the nationwide gun ban in Taguig on Friday, Jan. 21. Police said the suspect, Alberto Cruz, 65, a driver, was arrested in Pepay Compound, Barangay Wawa, Taguig. The grenade,...
Pampanga Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. is taking the cudgels for the country’s civil engineers who, under a bill pending in the House of Representatives, will be barred from helping ensure the structural integrity and participate in the design, site development and other vital components...
The police arrested an army officer for alleged illegal possession of a firearm and violation of the Commission on Elections’ gun ban together with 14 others who were busted for illegal cockfighting in Taguig on Jan. 15. According to the Taguig police, their intelligence section received a tip of...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has joined other senators in seeking to amend the law governing the substitution of candidates for the national and local elections to prevent abuses in the country’s election processes. In filing Senate Bill No. 2461, De Lima said substitution due to withdrawal...
A bill granting married women the rightto retain their maiden names instead of adopting surnames of their husbands has been approved by the House of Representatives.
HOR plenary pandemic With 227 members voting in the affirmative, House Bill 10459 was passed on third and final reading. There...
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s recent withdrawal from the Davao City’s mayoral race really “sounds familiar.” Hontiveros said she finds it similar to what President Duterte—then Davao City mayor—pulled off during the May 2016 national...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday expressed his support to proposals removing withdrawal as one of the grounds for the substitution of a candidate. Pacquiao, who is running for president under the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) faction of Sen. Aquilino...
A House of Representatives committee has backed a Philippine bar topnotcher in seeking the repeal of an antiquated law on property ownership which the proponent had described to be of “no value.” Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo The House Committee on Revision of Laws recommended the passage of House...
