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...
FILE - A person walks past an art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press viaAP) OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. reiterated on Tuesday, April 30, that there were no irregularities during the multi-billion peso drug bust conducted by authorities in Alitagtag, Batangas. In a presentation during the hearing of the...
Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa challenged Los Angeles-based vlogger Claire Contreras, who goes by the name “Maharlika,” on Tuesday, April 30 to face the Senate in its inquiry regarding the alleged leakage of a confidential document from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Sen. Ronald...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa on Tuesday, April 30, told senators that he had no knowledge of the alleged multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes happening in the medical industry. That is, until the issue was raised before the Senate, and senators have...
For Sen. Grace Poe, the continued conduct of transport strikes is an indication of a still unsettled issue in the transport sector. Activist groups together with jeepney drivers post placards during the first day of transport strike against the government's public utility vehicle (PUV)...
