Contrary to rumors she wants to be country’s next president, Vice President Leni Robredo is content with being the country’s second highest government official. In…
Second chance education: DepEd records 89K enrollees in ALS program
The Department of Education (DepEd) has so far recorded about 89,000 enrollees in its Alternative Learning System (ALS), dubbed as a second-chance education for adults and young dropouts.
Just can’t get enough: Calida’s allowances bloated by 800% – COA
Solicitor General Jose Calida apparently is not earning enough from his sideline security agency business, he had to collect 800 percent more than what he was supposed earn from his honoraria or allowances from clients.
Saksakan ng bitter! TPB exec maligns Berna Romulo Puyat, tourism official after failing to get top post
Hell hath no fury than a woman bypassed for the top post in the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB).
Legarda vows to pursue passage of P1.16B aid for Dengvaxia victims
Senator Loren Legarda on Thursday committed to push for the enactment of the P1.16 billion supplemental budget to fund the medical assistance of children who…
Buhay reyna! PhilHealth chief Dela Serna spends a year living in P3,800 per night hotel
A lawmaker was shocked to find out that PhilHealth interim president Celestina Dela Serna spent one year living at a hotel worth P3,800 per night instead of renting a condominium unit or apartment in Metro Manila.
Thanks but no thanks! Pimentel rejects Senate ethics committee chairmanship
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III tossed back to Senate President Vicente Sotto III the chairmanship on ethics and privileges committee. “Iwan na lang natin kay…
Palace goes into damage control mode: Duterte doesn’t see Pinoys as crybabies
Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t ignorant of the plight of Filipinos burdened by rising prices of fuel after Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said people should be “less of a crybaby.”
Nadala ni Ping! Senate majority bolting out of quo warranto resolution
Some members of the Senate majority bloc who initially signed the resolution questioning the Supreme Court’s (SC) ousting of Maria Lourdes Sereno as chief justice would be withdrawing their signatures, Politiko has learned.
Mag-partner pala! TPB exec who ratted on Cesar Montano signed check, proposal for ‘Buhay Carinderia’
The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) official who tagged former TPB chief operating officer (COO) Cesar Montano in various irregularities was also involved in approving the controversial “Buhay Carinderia” project, Politiko has learned.
Magandang buhay! Presidential task force wants to give reporters 3-hectare lots
OLONGAPO CITY — In an effort to provide not only security but livelihood to media practitioners, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has proposed to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) the inclusion of media members in government’s land distribution program.
Panira ng pangalan! Jing Paras eyes counter raps vs. Villarin over theft accusation
MANILA — Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Undersecretary Jacinto Paras is looking to file charges against Akbayan Party-list Rep. Tom Villarin for tarnishing his name.
ISIS infecting people with HIV? A hoax, says PNP
MANILA — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday urged the public to refrain from spreading a “chain message” hoax on social media claiming that members of terror group ISIS are out to infect people with the HIV virus.
Gross mismanagement plus ghost members? Negros lawmaker seeks House probe on Philhealth anomalies
MANILA — A lawmaker at the House of Representatives is seeking a congressional inquiry into the alleged gross financial and operational mismanagement and corruption hounding the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth).
Who’ll get the final say on BBL? Find out here
Congress has passed on final reading the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), but there differences in the versions crafted by the Senate and the House would still need to be threshed out in the bicameral conference committee.
Sandiganbayan denies ex-BI exec Argosino’s appeal to dismiss plunder case
The Sandiganbayan 6th Division has denied the appeal of former immigration deputy commissioner Al Argosino to dismiss the plunder charge against him over the P50 million bribery case.
Walang konek! Sereno’s camp deny Calida’s claim security agency scandal linked to quo warranto case
Solicitor General Jose Calida should not think the current controversy he is facing has anything to do with his victory in ousting chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Sereno spox: SC has never removed anyone for failure to file SALNs
The camp of ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has reminded the Supreme Court (SC) there has been no government official who got removed from office just because of the non-submission of statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN).
Stranger than fiction: Ukraine fakes Russian journalist’s death to catch mastermind
Ukraine was under fire Thursday after it admitted staging the murder of anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko, despite relief in Russia and Ukraine that he was alive.
Mas inatupag pa Sereno resolution: Ejercito laments Senate failure to pass P1.16B budget for Dengvaxia victims
Senator JV Ejercito did not mince words in criticizing his colleagues for “prioritizing” the deliberations on the Senate resolution concerning the case of ousted Supreme…
Putin-Kim meeting next? Russia invites NoKor’s top leader to visit
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Pyongyang on Thursday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia, Moscow said, during the first meeting between the head of the reclusive state and a Russian official.
Lulusot ‘yan! Koko, Migz assure constitutionality of approved BBL bill
Senators Migz Zubiri and Koko Pimentel are confident that the Senate version of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) creating the Autonomous Region of the Bangsamoro (ARB) is compliant with the Constitution.
Siya ba gwardiya? Koko sees nothing wrong with Calida’s security agency bagging gov’t deals
Senator Koko Pimentel said he sees nothing wrong with the security agency owned by Solicitor General Jose Calida’s family bagging deals totalling P261 million with several government agencies, as nothing in Philippine laws ban him from doing so.
Hontiveros scoffs at Duterte for defending Calida
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday scoffed at President Duterte for defending Solicitor General Jose Calida by rejecting calls for him to sack the government’s chief…
