Police lines, mass protests, and bomb scares gripped Metro Manila early Monday, July 27, as authorities locked down key areas hours before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address. In Manila, police blocked around 100 protesters on C.M. Recto Avenue near...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed 300 security personnel, including 10 K9-Explosive Ordnance Disposal (K9-EOD) teams, across Metro Manila on Monday, July 27, to strengthen security for the 2026 State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Marcos Jr. Unlike previous deployments focused on...
BAGUIO CITY – Cordillera governors thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for their new patient transport vehicles (PTVs) that will boost healthcare access in remote villages. “This patient transport vehicle is not just an additional asset but represents hope and improved access to...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima believes that President Marcos will downplay the flood control projects corruption scandal instead of giving it focus for the second year in a row in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27. According to De Lima,...
CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3) will deploy 1,500 police personnel to Metro Manila to augment security operations for the fifth State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand R. Marco Jr. on Monday. Police reinforcements from the Regional Mobile...
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos says the House of Representatives will begin the second regular session of the 20th Congress Monday, July 27 with at least two measures ready for final approval. The bills--one on cooperative reform and one on the proposed National...
House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima says President Marcos must once and for all "show some strength" in his scheduled State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27 . De Lima--one of the solon-prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial...
More about results and less about politics, please. This, in a nutshell, is what Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list wants to hear from President Marcos 's penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27. The party-list 's nominee, Assistant Minority Leader Robert Nazal,...
If the flood control project scandal was the overarching theme of President Marcos ' State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2025, former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers says the Chief Executive should pick another emotionally-charged issue to discuss this...
Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III expressed confidence that the House of Representatives can pass even more of the administration’s priority measures as identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) before the end of the year. This, as President Marcos 's...
President Marcos has two more State of the Nation Addresses (SONAs) left to deliver, with the penultimate one coming this Monday, July 27 at the House of Representatives before a joint session of Congress. Will the leader from Ilocandia opt to go on autopilot from now on and avoid conflict? Or will...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon says President Marcos must go all-out to make the country 's cherish upper middle-income economy status trickle down to common Filipinos as a tangible relief or benefit. Ridon posed this ahead of Marcos ' fifth and penultimate State of the Nation...
