Palpak na, kurakot pa: Drilon calls for revamp in Customs Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon has called for a revamp in the Bureau of Customs amid doubts the current leaders could meet target revenues amid corruption allegations hounding the...
Angara, Aquino hopeful Duterte will support free tuition bill Two senators are optimistic that President Duterte will sign into law a measure seeking free tuition for state universities and colleges (SUCs) despite concerns by some economic managers the govenrment supposedly cannot afford...
Higher tax to boost car smuggling – Angara Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday (June 15) said higher excise taxes on luxury cars proposed by Congress would only give higher incentives for...
Subukan niyo lang! Duterte to lock up NDF consultants if NPA attacks while fight with ISIS continues President Rodrigo Duterte said he would order the arrest of National Democratic Front (NDF) consultants should the New People's Army step up its attacks against the government even amid the ongoing gunfight with terrorists in...
Be not afraid: Panelo says 1987 Constitution, Duterte’s ‘pure intention’ assure martial law won’t be abused President Rodrigo Duterte's legal adviser has sought to allay fears that his declaration of martial law in Mindanao will be used to extend his term or curtail human rights by saying the 1987 Constitution provides enough safeguards against these...
Ateneo’s Cielito Habito: Letting gov’t control rice imports is anti-poor— even if Pinoy farmers gain. Here’s why Having the government call the shots when it comes to importing rice is "anti-poor" and "self-destructive," said former socioeconomic planning secretary Cielito...
Probe into PH quake readiness eyed A Senate resolution was filed Friday seeking for a probe into the readiness of the government, local government units and stakeholders to respond and recover from potential massive...
AFP always supportive of peace process The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is always strongly behind the government's various...
LP denies destabilization ploy for EDSA People Power anniv Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV on Tuesday said he believes there is no such plot to destabilize the government and that protests are simply "part of the democratic...
Duterte vows aid for Surigao quake victims President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, February 12, visited Surigao del Norte following Friday's 6.7 magnitude tremor that left at least six people dead and over 100...
US press corps tell Trump: Getting the boot from White House won’t stop us from covering you A defiant United States press corps on Wednesday told President-elect Donald Trump that it will continue to cover him and his administration even if he pulls out media offices from the White House and restricts access to them in important...
Andanar blames rise in self-rated poverty on typhoons Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday (Jan. 16) practically absolved the government of any hand in the rise of the number of Filipinos who see themselves as poor or hungry by pinning the blame on...
Dapat rated PG ang palabas! Mocha Uson wants soft porn, ‘kalaswaan’ banned on TV From making sex-related videos on Youtube, sexy performer and blogger Mocha Uson now wants to ban "soft porn" and lascivious acts on...
Prelude to chaos? MMDA reports bomb threat in EDSA Ortigas ahead of anti-Marcos burial protests Is the government subtly trying to discourage the public from participating in the Nov. 30 protest at the People Power monument against the hero’s burial for dictator Ferdinand...
Ping supports government’s planned FOI portal Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday threw his support behind a planned government "Freedom of Information" portal that will monitor the status of government funds and...
Kinunsensya ang mga dating kabaro: Leni says sex tape showing is pointless, illegal Vice President Leni Robredo sounded like she was knocking on the collective conscience of her former colleagues at the House of Representatives (HOR) when she disapproved of the planned showing of Senator Leila de Lima's sex video at an upcoming public...
UN chief wants Davao bombing perpetrators brought to justice No less than the head of the United Nations wants the perpetrators of Friday night's deadly night...
‘Indignant’ Japanese PM sympathizes with PH over Davao blast An "indignant" Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed sympathy and solidarity with the...
De Lima on Mamasapano case: Real challenge is serving warrants of arrest Serving warrants of arrest to 88 suspects in the Mamasapano massacre will be the “real challenge” on the part of the government, Senator Leila de Lima said on...
The Purge: Duterte vows to rid government of all rogue politikos, judges linked to drugs As if the current shame campaign is not enough, President Duterte has vowed that he will purge the government of rogue judges, prosecutors, local officials, military and the police in the all-out war against illegal...
Lacson: Ceasefire possible once government, CPP resume peace talks A ceasefire between the government and communist rebels is still possible, once both sides resume peace negotiations in August, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said...
Duterte blames Magellan for unleashing Mindanao’s long history of blood and conflict Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte had a ‘flashback Friday’ of sorts when he...
Indonesia won’t let Veloso go back to PH Like Ko0Hate Ko0 The Department of Justice has set the preliminary investigation on the human trafficking, illegal recruitment and estafa complaints Maria Kristina Sergio and her live-in partner Julius Lacanilao on May 8 and 14 at 2 pm. Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO) spokesman Tony Spontanawas quoted by Jakarta Post as saying they would instead facilitate a video...
