House members on Friday threatened to slash the proposed P902.8-million budget for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) after Vice President Sara Duterte skipped, for the second year in a row, the plenary deliberations on the…
Newly elected Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has ordered Ako Bicol Rep. Elizaldy Co to return to the country within 10 days to answer allegations linking him to questionable budget insertions and anomalous public works projects. In…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Rodante Marcoleta’s request for contractor Pacifico “Curlee” and Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya to be placed under the Witness Protection Program (WPP) did not get Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s approval as the latter refused…
MANILA, Philippines — One of the Top 15 contractors that bagged the bulk of the country’s flood control projects under the Marcos administration had a paid-up capital equivalent to only a small fraction of the billions of…
MANILA, Philippines—The proposed budget for 2026 will see a lower allocation for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF), as the country’s budget managers seek to allot these funds normally reserved for national security purposes only for the appropriate…
MANILA, Philippines — Should the Supreme Court (SC) reverse its ruling declaring unconstitutional the articles of impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte, which was transmitted to the Senate by the House of Representatives, then Senators Panfilo…
MANILA, Philippines — The 20th Congress convened its first regular session Monday with the reelection of Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez as Speaker of the House and Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero as Senate president, underscoring entrenched leadership…
The Senate should convene itself into an impeachment court, let the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte cross over to the next Congress and determine whether she is guilty as the chamber has no “legal authority”…
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte said she agreed with an overwhelming majority of Filipinos that she should be tried by an impeachment court for corruption and other high crimes, but she has not withdrawn her…
MANILA, Philippines — The chair of the House committee on labor and employment and the country’s major labor groups, in separate statements, are making an appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent the P200…
MANILA, Philippines — Facing a contempt citation and possible detention, a group of social media personalities and vloggers summoned by the House tri-committee finally appeared on Friday for the panel’s third hearing, where they were put on the…
NAGA CITY, CAMARINES SUR, Philippines — As the Duterte family, lawyers and supporters cry out for “due process,” former Vice President Leni Robredo had one thing to say: Think of what former Sen. Leila de Lima went…
