Sen. Mark Villar is pushing for the establishment of hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao that will cater to war veterans and veterans of military campaigns. In line with this initiative, Villar filed Senate Bill No. 2544, or the Veterans Hospital Act of 2024. “Our war veterans made an...
Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said there are neither anomalies nor deception on deaths related to the current aggressive drive campaign against illegal drugs. He was reacting to the statement issued by a group from University of the...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (PPAB) Looks like the tirades between the House of Representatives and Senate won't be ending soon. On Monday, Feb. 12, no less than House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district...
What if there’s indeed a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte from the International Criminal Court (ICC)? The Philippine National Police (PNP) made it clear on Wednesday, Feb. 7, that it would not be enforced. PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the police force...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, February 2 said he will have his head chopped off if retired police officer and self-confessed former Davao Death Squad hitman Arturo Lascañas’ claims were true. “Isa lang masasabi ko dyan…Paputol ako ng leeg, papaputol ako ng leeg...
​Israel is willing to cooperate with the talks that could possibly lead to a truce in its war with Hamas "as long as the Israeli security is protected," its top diplomat in Manila said Wednesday, Jan. 31. Although Israel is now more open to negotiations compared to the early days of the war,...
At the course of its aggressive anti-illegal drugs campaign in the past, the name of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. never appeared in any intelligence reports, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday, Jan, 29. “On the part of the PNP, we have not seen an...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Malacañang photo, Speaker’s office) Rodrigo Duterte had a lot of "shortcomings" during his six-year term as Philippine president. House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) House Speaker Martin Romualdez says former president Rodrigo Duterte must face his alleged violations of the law during his administration. ...
The United States and Canada have suspended their respective funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) amid allegations that a dozen of the agency's staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Top diplomats of both...
The mother of a Filipino Israeli Defense Force soldier mourned his death in the war between Israel and Hamas. GARIN (Imelda Garin FB) Sergeant First Class (Reserves) Cydrick Garin was killed in a massive explosion perpetrated by Hamas militants in Gaza on Monday, January 22. Garin’s mother,...
There is no communication between the Department of the Interior Local Government (DILG) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), a Cabinet official said. "As far as our office is concerned, the DILG is, I have no knowledge about this, there is no communication with them, nothing at all," DILG...
