Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, Sept. 11, said the qualification of contractors Cezarah "Sarah" and Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya as possible state witnesses remains uncertain due to inconsistencies in their testimonies and their decision to retract statements before...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has spent P20.68 million for Vice President Sara Duterte’s local and foreign trips from January to July this year, Duterte’s office said on Thursday, Sept. 11. Citing budget documents, OVP Budget Division chief Atty. Kelvin Gerome Tenido said that of the...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III declined to sign the request from former Blue Ribbon Chairperson Senator Rodante Marcoleta for spouses Pacifico and Cezarah to be placed under the Witness Protection Program. In a statement from Sotto 's office Wednesday night, Sept. 10, it was statef...
The spokesperson of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) expressed hope that Congress won’t realign the P903-million budget proposed by the OVP for 2026, emphasizing its meagerness compared to other executive departments. Lawyer Ruth Castelo said while they are ready to defend the OVP’s...
ILOILO CITY – Neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas of this city wants to stop all flood control projects undertaken by the companies of the controversial Discaya family. “Since na revoke, pa untaton ta man ila tanan diri nga ongoing projects (Since it was revoked, we will stop all their ongoing...
Office of the Vice President (OVP) spokesperson Ruth Castelo expressed hopes that Congress will give Vice President Sara Duterte the courtesy of approving the budget without needing to defend it before lawmakers. The Vice President is scheduled to return to the Philippines from The Hague,...
Finishing the investigation on the flood control mess in just a day is "absolutely preposterous" as President Marcos is not doing a tokhang-like probe, Malacanang said. It came as a reaction to the criticisms of Vice President Sara Duterte on President Marcos ' investigation of anomalous...
Vice President Sara Duterte has expressed his interest to visit former vice president and now Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo when she visits Bicol Region for the Peñafrancia festival there. She told former presidential spokesman Harry Roque in an interview in The Hague, Netherlands that attending...
The Discaya family 's legal counsel maintained his clients ' innocence and transparency in purchasing multiple luxury vehicles following the Bureau of Customs ' (BOC) raid on the family 's residence on F. Manalo Street in Pasig City -- which also serves as the headquarters of...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, Sept. 1, that President Marcos was “too little, too late” when he ordered the probe into the anomalous flood control projects of the government, pointing out that rampant corruption isn’t just happening in the country’s infrastructure programs....
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) detention unit has barred the visitors of former president Rodrigo Duterte from providing the public updates about the situation inside the facility. Vice President Sara Duterte said on Monday, Sept. 1, that she’s now only allowed to confirm that her...
Vice President Sara Duterte will be in Japan next month for a gathering organized by the Filipino community there. In an interview in The Hague, Netherlands, the Vice President confirmed her next schedule with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who she has been meeting with in the past several...