BACOLOD CITY – An animal welfare group assisted a dog injured by a dart arrow in Barangay 8 here on Thursday. A video of the dog with a dart arrow, believed to have hit his bone, went viral on social media, and garnered reactions from pet owners and netizens. Animal welfare non-government...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has sought to overturn the Sandiganbayan’s grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., urging the anti-graft court to partially reconsider its July 31 resolution and deny his petition for provisional liberty. On July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third...
DMCI Project Developers Inc. (DMCI-PDI), the real estate unit of DMCI Holdings Inc., is diversifying into the competitive prime office leasing business with the planned development of the ₱1.2-billion One Fortis Plaza in Makati City. In a statement on Thursday, Aug. 6, the firm said One Fortis...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing $200 million to revive 100 of Earth 's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas. DiCaprio 's Re:wild...
A Metro Manila congressman wants to institutionalize the periodic inspection and maintenance of national government infrastructure projects, and in effect allow the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) access to these sites or locations. Parañaque City 2nd district Rep. Brian Raymund...
Very alarming. This was how Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas described the possibility that former and incumbent high-ranking government officials facing corruption charges could be allowed to post bail and obtain provisional liberty. The statement came two days after the...
No less than the sitting chairperson of the Sandiganbayan’s Third Division, Associate Justice Karl B. Miranda, has opposed the grant of bail to former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in connection with the pending malversation case linked to the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control...
Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. on Friday, July 31, posted a P1-million cash bail in connection with the pending malversation case linked to the alleged anomalous P92.8-million flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan. In an order dated July 31, the Sandiganbayan Third Division said...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Friday claimed that former Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano exercised virtual control over Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) operations in Taguig City, alleging that district engineers could not act independently without Cayetano 's approval. ...
The Philippines is taking a direct swing at expanding its agricultural footprint in the Middle East, using a fresh trade deal to put domestic coconut products directly onto supermarket shelves across the Gulf Cooperation Council. The Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Dubai launched...
A 19-year-old man was arrested after police tracked a stolen motorcycle through its GPS, recovered the vehicle, and seized an unlicensed .38-caliber revolver from him following a brief chase in Quezon City early Monday, July 27. The suspect, identified only as alias “Ro” of Barangay Culiat,...
Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos shot down on Monday, July 27, the notion of the House of Representatives resuming its investigation on the flood control projects mess in the second regular session. Speaking to House reporters just before his father President Marcos...
