The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday, Jan. 7, commended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for its decision to declare two other individuals with the same surname who filed a certificate for candidate for presidency just nuisance candidates. Lawyer Vic...
House deputy speaker and and Patafa chairman Rufus Rodriguez (Rep. Rufus Rodriguez’ Facebook page) The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) has agreed to defer the implementation of the administrative committee’s recommendations involving pole vaulter EJ Obiena including...
Weeks after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, Filipinos living in the area are still in need of help that is why donation drives and relief operations are still ongoing even if NCR is now on a brink of experiencing another COVID-19 surge. Apart from the government...
Former beauty queen Katarina Rodriguez reminded donors sending relief goods for victims of typhoon Odette to be more considerate. This she reiterated after she learned from Siargao-based entrepreneur Ruan Mac that some have been sending them unusable clothes. She said: "Don't donate clothes you...
Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has called on the national government to immediately disburse more funds to help the victims of Typhoon Odette. Rodriguez particularly asked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to release the 2022 national budget "as early as this coming...
Three House of Representatives committees have recommended the passage of a bill that would establish a hospital that will exclusively cater to the medical care and needs of overseas Filipino workers and their dependents. Repatriated overseas Filipino workers House Bill 10629 or the proposed OFW...
The camp of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, Dec. 22, insisted that the presidential aspirant, whose candidacy is being hounded by a tax-related case, indeed paid his tax deficiencies and fines. The Marcos campaign headquarters has presented in a press conference the certificate coming...
Taguig police chief Col. Celso Rodriquez said he will not tolerate misfits in the service after four policemen assigned to the station were arrested in a P30-million robbery in Pasig City on Dec. 18. “First, we do not tolerate these acts by our police and they should be held liable. If there are...
Thian Rodriguez is bringing his '3AM' collection to the Big Apple Showcasing a collection in a major fashion city is the goal of many budding designers. And for one Filipino creative, that dream is about to become a reality. Thian Rodriguez is set to enchant New York with his spring-summer 2022...
Taguig City police seized P1.66 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in a buy-bust operation on Dec. 3. The entrapment operation was conducted by the Taguig police’s drug enforcement unit at about 8:10 p.m. that resulted in the arrest of suspect Jemily Lasdon, 31, according to a...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Dec. 1 passed on third and final reading a bill that provides for the mandatory allocation of 15 percent of the annual Internal Revenue Allotment of local government units for health services, including the distribution of free medicines to their...
The House of Representatives has approved on final reading the bill increasing to 50 percent from 40 percent the local government share of national taxes. House of Representatives plenary With 175 affirmative and 0 negative votes, House Bill 10296 was passed on third and final reading last Monday,...
