Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri on Tuesday reiterated his call for the aircraft modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), following the crash of a C-130 military plane in Sulu, killing 51 individuals, many of whom were new soldiers.
Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday bewailed the regulation issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) imposing a 25 percent corporate income tax on private schools, as she urged President Rodrigo Duterte to scrap the policy.
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Cirilito Sobejana on Tuesday confirmed that the “black box” or flight data recorder of the ill-fated C-130 “Hercules” cargo aircraft that crashed in Patikul, Sulu has been recovered.
Solicitor General has prodded the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss all 37 petitions that have sought to declare as unconstitutional Republic Act 11479, also known as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.
Britain’s foreign office on Monday apologised for the department’s “misguided” ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people working in the diplomatic service, which was lifted in 1991.
As residents near Taal Volcano face the combined threats of Covid-19 and a possible explosive volcanic eruption, Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and local government units (LGUs) to ensure the welfare and safety of children amid evacuation efforts.
Pope Francis, 84, was recovering in hospital Monday from surgery for an inflamed large colon, a potentially painful condition that could see him bed-bound for several days.
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant Monday for Karim Keita, a son of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, over the 2016 disappearance of an investigative journalist, legal sources said.
Senator Panfilo Lacson urged the government Tuesday (July 6) to resolve the problem of long queues at national ID registration sites to encourage more people to sign up.
Pope Francis, who has just undergone surgery for an inflamed large colon, is believed to be otherwise in relatively good health, despite having had part of his lung removed when young.
