Althea Bacaro and Jay-R Colonia delivered an early medal haul for Team Philippines as the Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships got underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday, Aug. 7. Bacaro struck gold twice to rule the youth women’s 45kg category, while Colonia bagged two silver...
Philippine music 's awards season has officially begun, bringing with it the annual celebration of the industry 's biggest hits, breakthrough artists and creative achievements — along with the inevitable debates over who made the cut and who was left out. The organizers of the 39th Awit...
Have congressmen finally made the turn image-wise from the flood control projects mess? Such is the question as House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun reflected on the results of the inaugural National Momentum Survey, which showed that 85.7 percent of respondents--nearly nine...
A congressman from a province that directly faces the West Philippine Sea (WPS) says it would be a great "morale boost" for Filipinos to hear President Marcos reiterate the government 's commitment to protecting the country’s sovereignty in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Zambales...
Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun says the House of Representatives has the manpower needed to handle the passage of the proposed 2027 national budget as well as seeing through the Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial. The House has over 300 members...
Two deputy speakers in the House of Representatives can 't help but feel that Vice President Sara Duterte 's continued refusal to personally answer the charges in her impeachment trial is a sign of guilt. La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V and Zambales 1st district Jay Khonghun,...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday, July 22, said President Marcos Jr. 's decision to summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan sent a clear message that the national government considers China 's latest actions in Ayungin Shoal "unacceptable."...
Content creator Boss Toyo has apologized after drawing criticism over social media posts that many netizens viewed as casting doubt on veteran journalist Kara David 's "I-Witness" documentary about an illegal dumpsite in an Aeta ancestral domain in Subic, Zambales. The controversy began after...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. defended the government 's transparency initiative in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying efforts to discredit it only serve China 's interests. Teodoro issued the statement on Monday, July 20, after some lawmakers...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela traded barbs on social media over the controversy surrounding an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video by China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys and...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro cried foul over a propaganda video made by the Chinese state media depicting Filipinos as a monkey, saying such a move only expose the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Chinese Communist Party. In a statement, Teodoro said the artificial...
A ranking congressman has called out impeachment trial respondent Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense lawyers for supposed acts in violation of decorum. In a statement on Wednesday, July 15, House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st district Rep. Jay Khonghun told the defense panel to uphold the...
