The Marcos administration has mobilized a whole-of-government recovery effort for communities affected by the June 8 magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, with Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos leading the rollout of national government programs in the municipality. Abalos,...
Vice President Sara Duterte has called on the Office of the President to make public the travel authorities it issues, along with the corresponding travel expenses and public funds used by government officials and employees. In a statement issued Tuesday, August 18, Duterte said transparency and...
Vice President Sara Duterte called reports about her supposed trip to Japan “inaccurate,” stressing that her travel plans had changed and that updated information had already been submitted to the Office of the President. In a statement issued Tuesday, August 18, Duterte said the reports did...
The new sensation among some Chinese moviegoers is an animated film whose characters appear to have been created with rudimentary 3D animation and have been described as “ugly” and “eerie.” But it is the scathing online reviews that seem to have prompted interest in “Niu Lai,” an...
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has preventively suspended former Land Transportation Office (LTO) chiefs Vigor Mendoza II and Teofilo Guadiz III over the continued use of STRADCOM’s IT system and the resulting P13.3 billion in additional computer fees. The Office of the Ombudsman...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Aug. 17, filed a second complaint for perjury under Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code against Ramil L. Madriaga before the Office of the City Prosecutor of Taguig. In a statement released by the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Duterte’s legal...
Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo on Monday questioned why a witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte appeared to have difficulty speaking in Filipino, despite answering questions in the same language during previous hearings. Tulfo raised the issue during Day 16 of the impeachment...
Two very different dinosaur movies took a modest bite out of the North American box office this weekend, although neither came close to challenging “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” for the top spot or “The Odyssey” for second place. “The End of Oak Street,” an original PG-13 action film...
Derek Ramsay has broken his silence on the Land Transportation Office (LTO) investigation involving a supercar allegedly found using a fake license plate. The actor addressed the issue via Instagram, saying he was aware of the LTO probe. He went on to clarify that he does not drive vehicles with...
Actor Derek Ramsay’s name has surfaced in a Land Transportation Office (LTO) investigation involving a supercar allegedly using an unauthorized license plate. The LTO issued a show cause order against the vehicle’s registered owner and designated driver after verification showed that the...
Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Bayani Jacinto urged the Office of the Ombudsman’s (OMB) newly trained field investigators to soldier on as they probe what he described as “arguably, the biggest corruption scandal in our history.” He made the appeal during the graduation ceremony for the...
Sixty employees of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) from across the country have completed the Field Investigation Course (FIC), becoming its first batch of graduates. The graduation ceremony for FIC Class 01 SIGHARI, or “Serbisyong may Integridad, Gabay sa Hustisya, Abilidad at Responsableng...
