The Supreme Court’s (SC) dismissal of the two consolidated petitions that challenged the House Committee on Justice 's impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte proves that no official in the country is above accountability. Thus, said justice panel chairperson Batangas 2nd...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Erwin Tulfo said on Sunday, August 2 he will consult fellow senators on whether or not the panel should continue its investigation into the alleged flood control anomalies. According to Tulfo, the committee must first be formally constituted before any...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Thursday, July 30, dismissed what he described as an attempt to broker a "ceasefire" following his allegations of irregularities in infrastructure projects in Taguig City, the political stronghold of former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano. In a post on X,...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has claimed on Tuesday, July 28 that some senators who earlier pushed for the flood control mess probe to continue are now singing a different tune. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, said this as Senator Panfilo Lacson continued to gather evidence on alleged...
The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) has adopted a color-coded alert mechanism to identify implementation risks in ongoing big-ticket projects approved by the Cabinet-level, interagency Investment Coordination Committee (ICC) as well as the Economy and Development (ED)...
Senator Erwin Tulfo is bent on investigating "new names" once the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumes its probe on the flood control projects corruption scandal. According to Tulfo, committee chairman, the Blue Ribbon panel will continue the investigation on the flood control mess as soon as it...
Not just two times, but four times. This was the correction made by Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's latest "wild insinuations" and "black propaganda" through yet another Facebook live. Firing back at Cayetano, Lacson said that he legitimately earned his wealth...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said on Saturday, July 18, that the government 's efforts to curb corruption involving anomalous flood control projects remain "wanting" one year after President Marcos 's signature "Mahiya naman kayo" remark during his 2025 State of the Nation Address...
The Philippine Olympic Committee formally kicked off preparations for the inaugural Southeast Asian Plus Youth Games by proposing 23 sports to be staged across four venue clusters during its first executive council meeting on Saturday, July 11, at Solaire Resort and Casino in Parañaque City. POC...
Ateneo de Manila University President Fr. Roberto Yap, SJ, on Thursday, turned emotional as he apologized anew to the families of student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, while also condemning the cyberbullying directed at the surviving student-athletes of the Dipaculao, Aurora tragedy. ...
President Marcos’ economic team downgraded its growth targets and raised its inflation forecasts for the year due to heightened domestic governance issues, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and the looming El Niño phenomenon threaten to disrupt the country’s economic momentum. The...
Think tank Capital Economics expects the Philippine economy to grow below the government’s downgraded targets over the next three years, warning that the country’s recovery would likely remain sluggish as weak confidence, tight fiscal policy, and the lingering impact of recent shocks weigh on...
