The Pasig Magokoro Elderly Care Facility highlighted the continuing Philippines-Japan cooperation in strengthening elderly care and improving services for senior citizens. Japanese government and Department of Health (DOH) officials visited the facility on Aug. 20 as part of the 4th...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Saturday, Aug. 22, that detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta and former lawmaker Mike Defensor could face a complaint for subornation of perjury over the alleged “coached” testimony of former Marine Orly Guteza before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee last...
Putting his Nostradamus cap on, Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong believes that Vice President Sara Duterte won 't be participating in the House of Representatives 2027 budget plenary debates. The Office of the Vice President (OVP) is seeking about P2.2 billion under the...
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is ready to endorse for committee approval seven (7) significant international treaties. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, chairperson of the panel, vowed to swiftly clear the backlog of international agreements while ensuring that the...
Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, Aug. 20, said he would leave it to the Office of the Ombudsman to determine whether flood control mess witness Orly Guteza should face charges after recanting his earlier testimony on alleged cash deliveries to politicians. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon...
The camp of former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez will be filing on Thursday, Aug. 20 a supplemental counter-affidavit before the Ombudsman following the reported recantation of flood control projects mess witness Orly Guteza. "Representative Martin Romualdez will be filing...
The House of Representatives has released details of its revised schedule of per agency hearings on the P7.2-trillion 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) or proposed national budget. This, even as House Committee on Appropriations Chairperson Nueva Ecija 1st district Rep. Mikaela Angela "Mika"...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Saturday raised concerns over what he described as “questionable” lump-sum appropriations for infrastructure projects included in the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for 2027. Lacson said he would seek clarification from the government agencies...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, August 13 renewed his call to abolish the so-called “leadership fund” or “allocables” from the national budget, saying it is not merely another form of pork barrel, but a worse version of the outlawed system. Lacson made the remark following...
The Supreme Court (SC) dismissed the petition to compel the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (SBRC) to release to the public the copy of its draft partial report on the probe into the multi-billion-peso anomalies in the government’s flood control project. Dismissed by the SC during its full court...
No last-minute insertions or amendments will be allowed once the Senate and House of Representatives convene for the bicameral conference committee on the proposed 2027 national budget, Senate Finance Committee chief Sen. Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said. Ejercito made this assurance after...
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...
