Senate President Pro-Tempore Ping Lacson on Tuesday said that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) invited a “very important” witness for the resumption of its probe on alleged anomalous flood control projects set for November 14. This, as Lacson expressed willingness to return as chairperson of the committee following his resignation amid the legislative inquiry into […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The San Juan Regional Trial Court denied the application for a temporary restraining order filed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada against former Public Works Assistant Engineer Brice Ericson Hernandez. In a resolution, the San Juan RTC Branch 160 denied the senator’s request to stop Hernandez from making false and defamatory statements linking him […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Representative Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde has maintained that there are no ghost projects in his district, saying that he has inspected flood control and drainage clearing initiatives under his jurisdiction. Atayde, in a statement on Saturday, said that there are no bases for claims that there are “ghost projects”, or […]
Read MoreBUSAN, South Korea — It is 15 degrees Celsius here, but the excitement of Filipinos from different parts of South Korea made it feel as if everyone were back home in the Philippines. A total of 212 Filipinos—some from Busan, Seoul, Ulsan, and Jeju Island—gathered at the Wyndham Grand Busan Hotel for a meet and […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered other government agencies with infrastructure items in their budgets to follow the move of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to reduce the cost for construction materials by as much as 50 percent. The directive covers the Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of […]
Read MoreAll of the senators in the majority bloc, including some from the minority, have made their latest Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) available to the public. Senators Bam Aquino, Pia Cayetano, JV Ejercito, Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Jinggoy Estrada, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Lito Lapid, Loren Legarda, Erwin Tulfo, Joel Villanueva, Mark Villar, Camille […]
Read MoreMarcos made the remarks at the 15th ASEAN-UN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, one of the related summits of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. The Philippines is eyeing a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, representing the Asia-Pacific Group. The last time that the Philippines served on the council was for the […]
Read MoreThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations can learn some things from India in the peaceful settlement of differences and maritime cooperation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Sunday. He made the remarks at the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit during the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In his speech, Marcos […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — A “secret decision” by former Ombudsman Samuel Martires has prompted his successor, Jesus Crispin Remulla, to scrap a plan to seek the ouster of Sen. Joel Villanueva for the senator’s alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam over a decade ago. Remulla earlier on Thursday disclosed in an interview with ANC that […]
Read MoreKinumpirma ni Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III na muling pamumunuan ni Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson ang makapangyarihang Senate blue ribbon committee, ilang linggo matapos niya itong bitawan. Ayon kay Sotto, napagdesisyunan ni Lacson na bumalik bilang chairperson ng naturang komite matapos ang panawagan ng ilang senador at ng publiko. “It has […]
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