Every hour, approximately 13 Filipinos lose their lives to heart-related diseases, making it the leading cause of death in the country, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA's 2023 Causes of Death in the Philippines report revealed that ischaemic heart diseases were...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "severe disregard for human rights" a barangay (village) ordinance in Bangued, Abra that proposed "execution or death penalty" for the third offense of illegal garbage dumping. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance and the subsequent posting...
The Social Security System (SSS) reported an increase in cash benefits for elderly members who could no longer work that benefited over two million Filipinos. The SSS said on Friday, Mar. 8, that the pension fund released around P157 billion in retirement benefits to 2.2 million members from...
BACOLOD CITY – Hundreds of people marked the first death anniversary of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo on Monday, March 4. A Mass was offered to Degamo and the nine civilians who were killed in an attack at his residence in Pamplona, Negros Oriental last year. A motorcade joined by...
CEBU CITY – A year after the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, authorities are still hunting nine individuals who are believed to be involved in the gruesome crime. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said warrants of arrest have already been issued against the nine suspects who are...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday, February 2 said he will have his head chopped off if retired police officer and self-confessed former Davao Death Squad hitman Arturo Lascañas’ claims were true. “Isa lang masasabi ko dyan…Paputol ako ng leeg, papaputol ako ng leeg...
Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa dared self-confessed former Davao Death Squad (DDS) hitman Arturo Lascañas to file cases in court if he has any evidence to prove his claims on the senator's alleged involvement drug-related killings during the previous administration. On Wednesday, self-confessed...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 1, denied accusations by self-confessed former Davao Death Squad (DDS) hitman Arturo Lascañas that she was complicit in the “tokhang” killings by the vigilante group when she was still Davao City mayor. Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives collectively slammed on Saturday, Jan. 13 the dismissal of the grave threat case filed by one of its members against former president Rodrigo...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is proposing a bold response to China’s recent execution of two Filipinos for drug-related offenses. The response that the veteran lawmaker wants is a tit-for-tat; basically, an...
(Unsplash) The chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs believes that the Philippines should be able to impose death penalty on foreigners who bring in illegal drugs, in the same way that foreign governments implement it against Filipinos. Surigao del...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (center) (Rep. Castro's office) Makabayan bloc member and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has filed a criminal complaint against former president Rodrigo Duterte before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office...
