By Liwayway Yparraguirre (PNA) | July 8, 2024 SAN NICOLAS, Pangasinan – The provincial government of Pangasinan is allocating an initial PHP200 million for development projects in Barangay Malico in this town, one of the province’s four focus areas for tourism. The province has declared the mountainous village as the Barangay Summer Capital of Pangasinan to… Read More Pangasinan allots P200M for development of disputed village
By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan | July 8, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – Private citizens have pooled a PHP10-million reward for anyone who can give information that will lead to the arrest of fugitive religious leader Apollo Quiboloy, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said on Monday. Quiboloy is wanted for sexual… Read More P10M bounty up for arrest of Quiboloy
By Ferdinand Patinio | July 8, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formed a fact-finding committee to investigate Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s candidacy in the May 2022 national elections. “In view of public interest in the controversy surrounding Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, you are directed to create a Fact-Finding Committee… Read More Comelec to probe Guo candidacy in 2022 polls
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has admitted that the New Senate Building (NSB) project is undergoing delays due to variation orders which have in turn contributed to increased cost. This came out during Wednesday’s hearing on the NSB by the Senate Committee on Accounts chaired by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano, who… Read More Cayetano to DPWH: Delays caused additional costs to NSB
By Ferdinand Patinio | July 6, 2024 MANILA – The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Saturday thumbed down a suggestion to turn Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo into a state witness, saying that would only be possible if she can point to someone “higher” and more guilty than her. PAOCC spokesperson Winston Casio said he… Read More Official thumbs down Guo as state witness
By Benjamin Pulta | July 5, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday filed plunder complaints against former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go before the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the alleged anomalous award of 184 government contracts worth more than PHP6 billion. In a 30-page… Read More Trillanes files plunder raps vs. ex-Pres. Duterte, Senator Bong Go
By Benjamin Pulta | July 5, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – Government lawyers on Friday formally asked the court to cancel the birth certificate of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo. In a message to reporters, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said the petition filed before the Tarlac Regional Trial Court (RTC) for the cancellation of the certificate… Read More SolGen asks Tarlac RTC to cancel Guo’s birth certificate
By Priam Nepomuceno | July 5, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – Filipino troops will “respond appropriately” in case of a repeat of the recent incident in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) where China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel harassed a Philippine rotation and resupply (RORE) contingent, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said… Read More PH troops to respond appropriately vs. another WPS harassment
By Priam Nepomuceno | July 4, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said it has demanded PHP60 million from China as payment for the equipment damage and losses incurred from the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) harassment of Manila’s rotation and resupply mission for Filipino troops in the Ayungin Shoal… Read More AFP demands P60M from China over damage losses in Ayungin clash
By Darryl John Esguerra | July 3, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – The National Security Council (NSC) said Wednesday it sees “no threat of any imminent attack” from China, even as Senator Imee Marcos claimed that more than 20 areas in the country were potential targets of Chinese hypersonic missiles. “We will reach out to Senator Imee… Read More No imminent attack from China, NSC says on Imee’s missile threat claim
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