DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte on Tuesday, July 30, revealed his achievements in the first half of the year as congressman of the first district here. Duterte, in an interactive infographic of accomplishments, highlighted five recently authored principal bills and two House resolutions. Four...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 refuted the claim of Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda that Chinese nationals are engaged in illegal activities here. “There is no confirmation,” said PRO-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky addresses...
DAVAO CITY – ACT-Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro, former Bayan Muna president Satur Ocampo, and 11 others who were convicted of child abuse filed an appeal before the Tagum City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 2 on Monday, July 22. Their counsels filed a five-page notice asking the trial...
CEBU CITY – A party-list representative wants to hear President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. talk about the steps that the government is taking to address the rising inflation rate in the State-of-the-Nation Address on Monday, July 22. Agri party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee said the President should talk...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV and IVY C. TEJANO DAVAO CITY – ACT-Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo, and 11 others were convicted for child abuse by a Tagum City court for exploiting 14 Lumad students of the Salugpongan Ta Tanu Ingkanogan Community Learning...
By IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – More than 200 families displaced by a fire here on Saturday, July 13, received immediate assistance from Davao City Rep. first district Rep. Paolo Duterte. The lawmaker’s son, Rigo, led the distribution of food packs, bottled waters, and hot porridge to 545...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Tuesday, July 9, that he was the one being referred to by SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta as the poll official who allegedly opened 49 offshore accounts. "Huwag na natin paikut-ikutin. Ako po yung nire-refer doon....
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte dismissed as black propaganda a notice to the public posted outside his office here that said that they have temporarily stopped medical assistance for private hospitals in this city due to lack of funding from the Department of Social Welfare and Development...
Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa answered back against accusations over his refusal to attend the House Committee on Human Rights' probe on the drug war killings during the previous administration. House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro went as far as to claim...
DAVAO CITY – Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte of the first district in this city, through his son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, encouraged graduates of the Philippine College of Technology Inc. here on Friday, June 21, to remain optimistic and committed even in the face of the most challenging...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Albay Rep. Fernando "Didi" Cabredo filed a House resolution on Tuesday, June 18, urging the Commission on Elections to require all candidates in the 2025 midterm elections to undergo drug testing. CABREDO Cabredo's explanatory note in House Resolution No. 1772...
BACOLOD CITY – Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya on Tuesday, June 18, said that he has asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to finish the construction of the Bacolod Economic Highway (BEH) by the third quarter of this year. GASATAYA (Glazyl Masculino) Gasataya said construction...