Crime volume in the country has decreased by more than eight percent from January to October this year compared to the same period in 2022, with the Philippine National Police (PNP) attributing it to strategic anti-crime measures that include the accounting of wanted persons and the campaign...
A small packet of 'shabu' A National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) official clarified on Monday, Oct. 9 that the 200 kilos of "shabu" that were reportedly seized by authorities in Pampanga last August wasn't actually shabu. The confiscated substance was...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has identified a total of 357 areas that falls under the Red Category for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), around 70 percent of them are located in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Red Category is described as...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Monday, October 9 proposed that the P50-million worth of confidential fund allocated to the Department of Agriculture (DA) under the 2024 national budget be realigned to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police (PNP) and other law enforcement...
The Senate Committee on Finance should consider banning the use of contingency funds to increase the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) of civilian agencies under the proposed national budget for 2024. Sen. Risa Hontiveros suggested this to Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara...
The allowable revenues of transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had been pared by more than half to P183.491Billion, or lower by more than P204 billion from the company’s original claims of P387.803 billion as applied for under its fourth regulatory reset. In a...
Senate Committee on Finance chief Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Wednesday, November 8 disclosed that the government has yet to spend around P1.27-trillion or 24 percent of the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023. Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, chairperson of the Committee...
President Marcos has ordered government agencies and response clusters to address the "lingering issues" caused by the devastating super typhoon Yolanda 10 years after its onslaught. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos tasked the Yolanda response clusters...
The Senate is all set to conduct plenary debates on the proposed P5.768-trillion national budget for 2024, starting Wednesday, November 8. Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, who formally sponsored the measure on Tuesday, November 7, said the avowed goals of the...
The government may experience a merry Christmas this year as it prepares to face the challenges of the coming year. Congress is eyeing the enactment of the ₱5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or the proposed 2024 national budget before Christmas this year. “Our confidence is...
Senators on Tuesday, November 7 sought an investigation into why details of their executive meeting was released to the media and who was the colleague or person responsible for the leak. This was after Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada stood up during the Senate’s plenary session to...
With its “economies of scale” now in place, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that the administration of President Marcos is treading the right path in providing affordable rice in the market. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) Speaking in a Palace briefing,...
