The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) seized nearly P2 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 198 individuals during a weeklong intensified anti-criminality and anti-illegal drugs operation across the city from May 3 to 9. Led by QCPD director Police Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio, the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to conduct a thorough and immediate investigation into the “sudden and aggressive” rice importation of Planters Products Inc. (PPI), noting that the agency’s latest questionable moves could further hurt the country’s farmers already reeling...
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo called on all lawyers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to uphold justice and ensure fairness in response “to rapid institutional and technological changes that are reshaping how disputes arise, how rights are asserted, and how justice is...
Senator Imee Marcos is urging the swift amendment of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to curb what she described as excessive charges imposed by Manila Electric Company on consumers already burdened by rising fuel and food costs linked to tensions in the Middle East. Marcos, who...
The government should utilize the P30-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) to finance interventions that go beyond short-term financial aid to shield farmers from the effects of El Niño and rising global fuel costs, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said. Escudero made the...
Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV said on Tuesday, April 28 electricity subsidies and other mandated discounts should be funded through the national budget and not by consumers, particularly by low and middle-income households. Aquino, who has filed Senate Resolution No. 375, pointed ...
House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima can 't help but smell fear from the direction of impeachment respondent Vice President Sara Duterte and the latter 's husband lawyer Manases Carpio. This, after De Lima got wind of Carpio 's...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases Reyes Carpio, will file a criminal complaint on Monday, April 27, accusing financial regulators and House members of illegally disclosing confidential bank records. In an advisory issued on April 26, Carpio said he is scheduled to file the...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Sunday, April 26 called on Congress to fast track the review and revision of the Oil Deregulation Law, noting that some existing provisions of the are disadvantageous to most Filipinos. "The government is limited by the law from controlling or dictating oil prices,” Tulfo...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Dana Kursh has called for the firm enforcement of Philippine laws against foreign tourists who engage in misconduct, following reports of incidents in Siargao. “We want to say this loud and clear: If there is an Israeli tourist who is misbehaving, the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged the Philippine National Academy (PNPA) on Wednesday, April 22 to review its existing policies to prevent hazing activities from being committed within the institution. Gatchalian made the call following the filing of a criminal case against seven cadets of the...
Who says energy regulators can 't crack down on unjustified fuel price hikes under the deregulated regime? House Minority Leader and 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan insisted on Sunday, April 19 that the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) retain...
