Sara Duterte resigns from Lakas-CMD

Daphne Galvez 05/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte has resigned from Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), where she served as chairperson. Duterte on Friday, May 19, 2023, announced the resignation but did not categorically give a…

Senate confirms cover-up in P6.7-billion ‘shabu’ haul

Melvin Gascon 05/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate panel investigating the irregularities surrounding what is touted to be the biggest seizure of illegal drugs in the country on Tuesday confirmed the “massive cover-up” of the alleged pilferage by police personalities…

In Tacloban, sequestered Marcos properties now tourist sites

Joey Gabieta 05/17/2023

TACLOBAN CITY—The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) has leased out to a private corporation two sequestered properties of the Marcos family here for P150,000 a month. The Santo Niño Shrine and Museum and the People’s Center…

Court acquits former Senator Leila De Lima 

05/12/2023

MANILA- A Philippine court on Friday, May 12, 2023, acquitted former senator Leila De Lima, one of the fiercest critics of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, of a criminal charge stemming from allegations that as a cabinet minister she…

‘Stand by me and for me,’ Leila de Lima says as court decision looms

Beatrice Pinlac 05/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — “Please stand by me and for me in this most critical phase of my journey towards freedom and vindication.” Detained former senator Leila de Lima made the appeal on the eve of the promulgation…

‘Fight continues’ in barangay, midterm polls, say Robredo, Pangilinan

Krixia Subingsubing 05/11/2023

Taking lessons from their defeat last year, the country’s two most prominent opposition figures have vowed to continue the fight and regain lost ground in the upcoming barangay polls in October and the midterm elections in 2025.…

Degamo family eyes politics as motive in killing of Negros Oriental governor

Pegeen Sararaña 03/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Members of Degamo family are convinced that a wealthy individual was behind the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and eight others on Saturday, March 4. Nyrth Christian Degamo, the late governor’s…

Marcos debunks myth of a well-planned path to presidency

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 09/14/2022

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that he wants to talk to people who think that his presidential bid was the outcome of a well-thought-out strategy, arguing that his group struggled against many stumbling blocks…

Moral poverty

Jose Ma. Montelibano - @inquirerdotnet 08/19/2022

Non-stop negatives covering politics, economics, and education can be overwhelming to citizens who are directly affected, but more so for societal leaders. Each Filipino family or citizen copes as best he or she can, the collective problem…

Lapu police rule out politics in killing of Olango Island councilor

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 05/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City police have ruled out politics as the motive behind the killing of a councilor in Barangay Tungasan, Olango Island, last May 8, 2022. Police Major Judith Besas, information officer of…

Politics not ruled out in killing of Tungasan councilor — Lapu-Lapu police

Futch Anthony Inso 05/09/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Police Office (LCPO) is not discounting the possibility that the killing of Barangay Tungasan Councilor Jose “Sadam” Quiros on Sunday evening, May 8, 2022, is related to politics. Police Major…

Vote for our country’s future: Cebu Caritas says in statement released during online forum

05/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Do we cast our lot with those who will lead us on the road to redemption? Or do we waste this golden opportunity and, instead, vote for those who will lead us to…

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