The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) provided security coverage during 94 religious services across Quezon City from July 31 to Aug. 6. The week-long operation was conducted under Project Bathala to help ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of religious gatherings at churches, mosques, and...
Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairperson Sen. Erwin Tulfo said on Sunday, August 9 he will conduct an investigation into substandard government infrastructure projects and holding those responsible to account. Tulfo said the investigation into substandard government infrastructure projects would...
BACOLOD CITY – An animal welfare group assisted a dog injured by a dart arrow in Barangay 8 here on Thursday. A video of the dog with a dart arrow, believed to have hit his bone, went viral on social media, and garnered reactions from pet owners and netizens. Animal welfare non-government...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has sought to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., urging the anti-graft court to partially reconsider its July 31 resolution and deny his petition for provisional liberty. On July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third...
DMCI Project Developers Inc. (DMCI-PDI), the real estate unit of DMCI Holdings Inc., is diversifying into the competitive prime office leasing business with the planned development of the ₱1.2-billion One Fortis Plaza in Makati City. In a statement on Thursday, Aug. 6, the firm said One Fortis...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth 's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas. DiCaprio 's Re:wild...
A Metro Manila congressman wants to institutionalize the periodic inspection and maintenance of national government infrastructure projects, and in effect allow the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) access to these sites or locations. Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund...
Very alarming. This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas described the possibility that former and incumbent high-ranking government officials facing corruption charges could be allowed to post bail and obtain provisional liberty. The statement came two days after the...
No less than the sitting chairperson of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division, Associate Justice Karl B. Miranda, has opposed the grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in connection with the pending malversation case linked to the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control...
Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Friday, July 31, posted a P1-million cash bail in connection with the pending malversation case linked to the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan. In an order dated July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third Division said...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Friday claimed that former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano exercised virtual control over Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) operations in Taguig City, alleging that district engineers could not act independently without Cayetano 's approval. ...
The Philippines is taking a direct swing at expanding its agricultural footprint in the Middle East, using a fresh trade deal to put domestic coconut products directly onto supermarket shelves across the Gulf Cooperation Council. The Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Dubai launched...
