House members past and present have hailed President Marcos ' decision to inject young blood into his team of economic managers by tapping public finance practitioner and University of the Philippines (UP) professor Kim Robert de Leon as Department of Budget and Management (DBM) secretary....
There are very few artists who can sell out a major theater on the strength of songs that, technically speaking, were never theirs to begin with. Asia’s Diamond Soul Siren Nina has been doing exactly that for two decades, and it’s what makes her career genuinely fascinating. On May 9, at...
House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep Jay Khonghun said Wednesday, May 13 that he wants to test Senator Imee Marcos ' alleged theory that money, projects, or financial favors make the world go round in Congress. As a test case, Khonghun pointed to the Senate coup d 'etat last...
Ranking congressmen refused to give any mental advantage to Vice President Sara Duterte in their rather thorny tit-for-tat leading to the May 11 plenary vote on the lady official 's articles of impeachment. Supplying their respective retorts to Vice President Duterte were La Union 1st district...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Lawyer Jay Hataman Salliman filed his Certificate of Candidacy for BARMM Member of Parliament on Tuesday, May 5, the first day of filing for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao elections in September. Commission on Elections Provincial Election Supervisor Roberto...
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza was allowed to post bail after a Pasay City court, which issued the arrest warrant against him on Thursday, April 30, rectified its earlier order not to grant him bail, his lawyer said. Lawyer Mark Tolentino , Sonza’s legal counsel, said that the Pasay City Regional...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) welcomed the arrest of former broadcaster Jay Sonza, saying it reflects the government’s firm and lawful response against the spread of fake news. In a statement, the PCO said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) acted promptly in filing charges...
The camp of former broadcast journalist Jay Sonza has questioned the legality of denying him the opportunity to post bail in connection with the cyberlibel case filed against him for allegedly spreading fake medical records of President Marcos. For lawyer Mark Tolentino, Sonza’s legal counsel,...
Former broadcast journalistJay Sonza has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for a cyberlibel case in relation to the allegation that he spread fake news about President Marcos ' medical condition. NBI Director Melvin A. Matibag said Sonza was arrested by his men at...
Congressmen from both the majority and minority blocs believe that the Anti-Money Laundering Council 's (AMLC) flagging of nearly P6.8 billion worth of bank transactions linked to Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband is a potentially damaging detail to the impeachment respondent 's...
Chinese forces fired flares directly at the aircraft of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) while it was conducting maritime patrol over the Kalayaan Island Group on Thursday afternoon, April 9. The incident, which happened as the country observes Araw ng Kagitingan or Valor Day, was the latest of the...
The China 's embassy in Manila has brought up the Middle East conflict affecting the situation in the Philippines to criticize "some forces" who are supposedly trying to destabilize relations between the two sides. It was the first time that the embassy included hostilities in the region in...
