China looks to Bongbong Marcos to revive oil exploration talks

DJ Yap, Tina G. Santos 06/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines — China is ready to revive negotiations on joint oil exploration with “the new Philippine government,” as it maintained that this was still the “right way” for both countries to manage their maritime differences in…

Imee Marcos-led Senate poll reforms panel: May 9 elections ‘uneventful’

DJ Yap 06/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Imee Marcos on Tuesday wrapped up her panel’s inquiry into the May 9 elections, which ended with her brother Ferdinand Marcos Jr. winning the presidency by a landslide, by concluding that it was…

Isko admits going off script in withdraw call vs Leni

DJ Yap, Melvin Gascon 04/19/2022

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso went off script when he made the call for the withdrawal of Vice President Leni Robredo from the presidential race, taking even Sen. Panfilo Lacson by surprise. Senate President Vicente Sotto…

Lawmaker warns of rising prices of food, goods

DJ Yap 03/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Brace for rocketing prices of food and other basic goods in the next two weeks. Sen. Francis Tolentino issued the warning on Monday as he urged the government’s economic and security clusters to beef…

Senate panel finds Duterte accountable for ‘complicity’ in ‘plunder’

DJ Yap 02/02/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday accused President Rodrigo Duterte of complicity in “one of the biggest plunders of the Philippines’ coffers in recent history” that involved his friends and appointees in the government’s multibillion-peso…

Who’s victim, villain? Lines blur in viral ‘mango theft’ case

DJ Yap, Yolanda Sotelo 01/22/2022

In the now-viral story of the 80-year-old clapped in jail for “stealing” mangoes, who’s the victim and who’s the villain? Robert Hong, a truck driver and quarry worker in Asingan, Pangasinan province, who has received threats to…

Isko Moreno ‘hopeful’ of getting Duterte’s backing as Bong Go withdraws

DJ Yap, Jerome Aning 12/01/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go announced on Tuesday he was pulling out of the presidential race, and another contender, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, said he was “hopeful” of receiving President Rodrigo Duterte’s endorsement. Go,…

Move on or fight on? Isko, Pacman differ on Marcos issue

DJ Yap 10/16/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Like it or not, the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos remains an important issue for those seeking election as president. While presenting himself as the unifying presidential candidate, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Friday…

‘Rock,’ paper, Sara? COC filings feel like a game

DJ Yap, Dona Z. Pazzibugan - @inquirerdotnet 10/09/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Speculations on who will be the administration party’s presidential candidate in the 2022 elections took a bizarre turn on Friday with the last-minute appearance of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa as its standard-bearer. The Commission…

Lawmakers up pressure on Comelec amid calls for extended listup

DJ Yap, Julie Aurelio 09/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Friday deferred discussions on the proposed 2022 budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), increasing the pressure on the poll body to reconsider mounting calls to extend the voter registration period amid…

Pharmally exec admits company ‘swindled’ gov’t

DJ Yap 09/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — In a stunning admission, one of the executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. said her company had swindled the government by selling medical-grade face shields that were either damaged or soiled and with bogus production…

Lawmakers urge gov’t to help PAL, other airlines weather turbulence

DJ Yap, Miguel Camus 09/06/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers on Sunday called on the government to support the embattled Philippine Airlines (PAL) during its restructuring process and come to the aid of other airlines to help them weather the economic turbulence caused…

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