For Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero, the "burden of proof" is on those who are saying that Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is not Filipino. During the Kapihan sa Senado on Thursday, May 23, Escudero stated that for now, the presumption that the mayor is Filipino remains based on the...
Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Monday, May 20, started its inquiry into the eported budget cut that adversely affected the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social...
Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) Embattled Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez achieved a small victory--but a victory nonetheless--in his ongoing ethics case at the House of Representatives. Citing "lack...
Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy is making no bones about it: he wants Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez expelled from the House of Representatives. In a chance...
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has signed a partnership agreement with the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to strengthen the telco’s support for the Philippine delegation to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan, left,...
Senator Grace Poe says public-private partnership (PPP) remains a viable option for developing Philippine airports and make them attractive to tourists. "Ang aviation sector natin ay parang isang eroplanong hindi maka-take off dahil sa delays, cancellations, at kung ano-ano pang aberya," the...
Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (Facebook) For Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez, there are many reasons to turn down the franchise renewal application of power distribution giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco)....
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed "high hopes" that the Special Committee on Human Rights Coordination created by President Marcos will help address and improve human rights situation in the country. The President created the committee to improve the mechanisms for the promotion...
The Senate Committee on Public Services will exert all efforts at passing the bill crrating the Department of Water Resources and Management this Congress as a means to solve the country's water crisis, Senator Grace Poe said. Poe' said Senate Bill No. 102, one of the Marcos administration's...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri called out the former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent who according to him, spouted what appears to be "hearsay evidence" during a Senate panel hearing. Zubiri mentioned this in a press conference on Tuesday, May 7, after monitoring the...
Actress Maricel Soriano admitted that she formerly owned the condominium unit which was the subject of a supposed anti-illegal drug operation back in 2012 by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). (Photo from the Office of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa) She disclosed this on...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he strongly supports for an extensive and fair investigation into the reported unethical practices of a pharmaceutical company by the Senate blue ribbon committee. This after the Senate Committee on Rules formally referred the Bell-Kenz Pharma...
