MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said he was “disheartened” by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s veto of the National Polytechnic University (NPU) bill. The bill would have granted the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) national university status, similar to that of the University of the Philippines (UP). “I am disheartened to learn […]
Read MoreMamamayang Liberal party-list Representative Leila de Lima on Sunday raised her concern over the Supreme Court’s (SC) directive to Congress regarding the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. (The Senate can use it, out of judicial courtesy to the Supreme Court, to hold off the impeachment, so that the issues raised in those two […]
Read MoreFormer Makati mayor Abby Binay-Campos expressed belief Thursday that her successor and sister, Mayor Nancy Binay, raised questions regarding the Makati Subway System project to undermine her legacy in the city. Nancy, a former senator, has flagged a supposed “midnight settlement” that the previous city administration under Abby entered seven days before the end of […]
Read MoreThe proposed measure to shorten college to three years is a move to help parents lessen their children’s education expenses, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Sunday. (We’re not proposing it so that the government could save money, but to ease the parents’ education expenses for their children.) He noted that these expenses include travel fare, dormitory […]
Read MorePresident Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has accepted the resignation of Presidential Communications Office Senior Undersecretary Analisa “Ana” Puod. This was confirmed by Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro in a press briefing on Friday. Puod’s resignation was announced by Castro on June 17. The former official had said her resignation was based on the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday filed cyberlibel complaints against the personalities behind a viral video featuring a former Senate witness who accused her of coercing testimony against the Dutertes and alleged sex offender Apollo Quiboloy. She filed the complaint before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against Michael Maurillo—the one who made […]
Read MoreSenator Risa Hontiveros on Monday said her legal team will file a complaint with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against those behind the circulating video of a man who claimed that he was influenced to testify against detained pastor Apollo Quiboloy. Hontiveros was referring to the video of Michael Maurilio or alias “Rene,” who […]
Read MoreThe senator-judges cannot junk the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte by simple majority vote based on the Constitution nor should the motion come from them, incoming lawmakers of the 20th Congress Chel Diokno and Panfilo Lacson said Sunday. “‘Yun ay wala rin sa Konstitusyon. Wala sa Constitution yung simple majority vote to dismiss impeachment […]
Read MoreThe House of Representatives prosecution panel backed the remarks made by Ombudsman Samuel Martires who said his office would wait for the outcome of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte before resolving her case. “Aantayin niya ang kahihinatnan ng impeachment trial, which is tama (He will wait for the outcome of the impeachment […]
Read MoreThe House of Representatives prosecution panel asked Friday the Senate impeachment court to reject Vice President Sara Duterte’s bid to dismiss the impeachment case against her, saying the severity of the charges require no less than a full and transparent trial and her conviction. The prosecution panel made the assertion in its response to Duterte’s […]
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