By Priam Nepomuceno | July 22, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – The Philippines will neither yield nor waver in asserting its rights over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Monday. “In the face of challenges to our territorial sovereignty, we will assert our rights and interests in the same fair and… Read More Marcos: PH won’t yield, waver on asserting West PH Sea rights
By Leonel Abasola and Zaldy De Layola | July 18, 2024 MANILA (PNA) – Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Wednesday said he is hoping that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will announce the total ban of Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) in his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22. Pimentel… Read More Sen. Pimentel hopes total ban of POGO included in SONA
MANILA | July 15, 2024 – Senator Robin Padilla on Monday said he filed a measure seeking to finally fulfill the 1987 Constitution’s mandate to prohibit political dynasties. Under his Senate Bill (SB) 2730, Padilla said it was time to break the barriers that prevent the best and the brightest from serving the Filipino people. “Given… Read More Padilla files anti-political dynasty bill
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 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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