ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo has joined the mounting opposition against the Supreme Court ruling that opened the 15-kilometer boundary of municipal waters to large-scale commercial fishing. FISHING boats off the coast of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province....
BACOLOD CITY – The Supreme Court decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters could impact the livelihoods of more than 45,000 marginalized fishing communities in Negros Occidental, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said. Lacson stated that the...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday scored the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) wing allied with former president Rodrigo Duterte for asking him to stop using the name of the party which he previously headed. This was after the...
House Secretary General Reginald Velasco (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (PPAB) The lower chamber followed the Constitution to the letter in its submission of the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte--along with the articles...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor is convinced that the Supreme Court (SC) will exercise "judicial restraint" as far as Vice President Sara...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Photo courtesy of OVP) Ranking congressman have interpreted Vice President Sara Duterte's filing of a petition to halt her impending Senate impeachment trial as an act of desperation that betrays her mounting fear....
Senatorial aspirant Kiko Pangilinan believes that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte might reach the Supreme Court because of questions regarding its timeline. Senator Risa Hontiveros and senatorial aspirant Kiko Pangilinan check the prevailing prices of rice and other...
Former Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto Former Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto has stressed the need for the Supreme Court (SC) to resolve whether or not the Senate impeachment court can try Vice President Sara Duterte in the...
La Union 1st district Rep. Francisco Paolo Ortega V (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The move to question the P6.352-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2025 before the Supreme Court (SC) is a deliberate attempt to...
Malacañang stayed tight-lipped over a petition lodged before the Supreme Court against the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), saying it is "too soon to comment" about the matter. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said it was too early to comment on the...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Friday, January 24 that it would no longer remove poll aspirants' names even if they would withdraw their candidacy for the May 2025 national and local elections. In an interview on Teleradyo Serbisyo, Garcia said that they...
Social Weather Stations (SWS) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Dec. 12 to 18, 2024 revealed that public satisfaction with the performance of the Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court remains high, with all three institutions receiving “good” ratings. The...
