The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has vowed to continue its fight against corruption in its agencies as it officially launched on Thursday, Nov. 25, its own Anti-Corruption Committee (ACC). Department of Transportation (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The DOTr said it has partnered with the...
Senator Richard Gordon said on Friday, Nov. 26, that the former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang was afraid to come out after the capture of his business colleagues Linconn Ong, as well as siblings Mojit and Twinkle Dargani. Following the filing of Yang's petition to nullify the arrest...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Thursday, Nov. 25 that they stand by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee after former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang asked the Supreme Court (SC) to nullify the arrest orders issued against him. "The oversight powers of the senate are well-settled in law and...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday said she would like to ask who paid for the chartered flight arranged by Pharmally Pharmaceutical executives Mohit and Twinkle Dargani when they attempted to fly out of the Philippines last Nov. 14 at the Davao International Airport. In an online press briefing,...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he fully supports efforts to restore the original proposed budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) saying sufficient funding would help sustain the humanitarian and development projects in...
A possible cover up of "tolerated" hazing activities within the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy surfaced during a congressional hearing where video footages of physical abuse against cadets and Facebook messenger conversations supporting such allegations were presented on Tuesday, Nov. 23. House...
Former budget undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao has called on the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to reconsider his arrest order and called for a “non-hostile” Senate inquiry into the government’s alleged procurement of overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical...
The Senate Finance sub-committee on Monday, Nov. 22 approved on the Senate floor a P120-billion budget for the Department of Transportation (DOTr), or a reduction of P280-billion from the requested P400-billion budget for the DOTr and its attached agencies for 2022. The approval followed questions...
China remains the largest source of smuggled goods entering the country, with counterfeit products comprising the most number of items illegally entered, the Bureau of Customs disclosed Monday, Nov. 21. Smuggled products n a briefing for the House Committee on Public Accounts chaired by Probinsyano...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday defended the Senate Committee on Finance’s decision to slash the budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2022 as he took exception to Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s tirades against those who...
The House Committee on Health, through the initiative of ACT-CIS Partylist Rep. Rowena 'Niña' Taduran, will investigate the questionable sale of two lots belonging to the Philippine Orthopedic Center to a couple at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic despite a court ruling against it. The...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged officials of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Bengue Electric Cooperative (BENECO) to reach a compromise to ensure there would be no power disruptions in Baguio, which is a highly urbanized city. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate...
