A Senate panel on Monday, August 19, cited in contempt Jojo Nones, one of the respondents in the sexual harassment case filed by actor Sandro Muhlach. Jojo Nones (Screenshot from YouTube live of Senate PRIB) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada made the motion during the third hearing of...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, August 19 apologized to Antipolo City 2 nd District Representative Romeo Acop, saying he is not among the “unprincipled” and “opportunistic” lawmakers at the House of Representatives who changed their stance on the Duterte administration’s...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Fight fair. This was ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro's message to Vice President Sara Duterte after the latter cried "political harassment" amid the...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The leaders of the House quad-committee (quad-comm) are standing by their convictions even as discussions in the joint panel hearings are expected to get more heated in the coming weeks....
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Lawmakers rejected the motion for reconsideration (MR) of the detention order against the corporate secretary of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) Lucky South 99 after...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, August 16 said he cannot help but be dismayed that some lawmakers at the House of Representatives that once defended and hailed the Duterte administration’s “war on drugs” have now become staunch critics of the previous government. While...
ONE of the most ideal ways to immortalize the historic achievements of Filipino athletes not only from those in the last two Summer Olympics is through a sports museum inside a stand-alone Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) headquarters. POC president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino “We’ve...
Jimmy Guban (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Incarcerated former Bureau of Customs (BOC) intelligence officer Jimmy Guban has linked members of the Duterte family in the alleged mass importation of illegal drugs, particularly a P6.8-billion...
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto on Wednesday, August 14 said that the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) has not yet ventured into any investments and has only spent “very minimal” funds. Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB Photo) ...
Claim centers would be set up in areas affected by the oil spill, the owner of the ill-fated motor tanker (MT) Terranova said on Wednesday, August 14. Valeriano del Rosario, legal counsel of the owner of the MTKR Terranova, told the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 13 called on lawmakers to observe full transparency in the upcoming deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget. Hontiveros made the call during the Senate Committee on Finance’s first briefing on the proposed...
Senator Raffy Tulfo aired his belief that the so-called incentives or commissions attained from every traffic violation ticket issued should be discontinued because it opens doors to corruption. Sen. Raffy Tulfo presides over the Committee on Public Services hearing to discuss a proposed measure...
