Duterte: I am tired of listening to Joma Sison
FILE PHOTO: Pres. Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM) TAGUIG CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said he is tired of listening to Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison...
View ArticleDuterte open to renaming Mactan-Cebu International Airport after Lapu-Lapu
A rendering of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport TAGUIG CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte is open to the proposal of naming Mactan-Cebu International Airport after Lapu-Lapu. The...
View ArticleManufacturers agree to 3-month price freeze : DTI
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said manufacturers of basic necessities and prime commodities have agreed not to raise prices until the end of 2018. Among the products that will not...
View ArticleDuterte: No politics involved in CJ De Castro appointment
Newly-appointed Chief Justice Teresita De Castro | Supreme Court photo President Rodrigo Duterte defended his appointment of Senior Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro as the country’s top...
View ArticlePoe warns DOTr of budget cut over PUV modernization issues
Senator Grace Poe via Facebook Senate Committee on Public Services chairperson Senator Grace Poe has warned officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) of a possible cut in next year’s...
View ArticleDuterte on Israel trip: Not health reasons but OFW concerns
President Rodrigo Duterte. PCOO/Simeon Celi QUEZON CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (August 27) denied rumors that his trip to Israel next week is for medical reasons. “Kung...
View ArticlePH to protest China’s nuclear facility in West Philippine Sea – Lorenzana
Still image of disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea taken from US Navy surveillance video May 21, 2015. REUTERS/US Navy QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Constitution bars the...
View Article5-year-old girl beaten to death in Baseco Compound
Prime Suspect Jerome Emberso in the killing of a minor A five-year-old girl was beaten to death and abandoned inside a computer shop in Baseco Compound, Port Area, Manila on Monday. Family and...
View ArticleMalacañang shrugs off latest ICC complaint vs. Duterte
International Criminal Court; President Duterte via PCOO QUEZON CITY, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte is again facing a lawsuit over his administration’s alleged human rights violations in...
View ArticleSenate approves regulation of payment systems in PH
PASAY CITY, Philippines – The Senate approved on third and final reading on Tuesday (August 28) a bill allowing the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to regulate all payment systems in the country....
View ArticleSenate approves on final reading the Filipino Sign Language bill
PASAY CITY, Philippines – The Senate of the Philippines on Tuesday (August 28) passed on third and final reading a bill declaring “the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as an official medium of...
View ArticleAlleged ‘rent-tangay’ mastermind arrested anew
Rent-tangay scam mastermind Rafaela “Ela” Anunciacion The PNP Highway Patrol Group (HPG) has arrested anew the mastermind in the rent-sangla and rent-tangay scams. Authorities captured Rafaela...
View ArticleDFA eyes scrapping of oath-taking fee for dual citizenship
PASAY CITY, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is eyeing the scrapping of the so-called allegiance fee from Filipinos who want to reacquire their Philippine citizenship. During...
View ArticleSenate to deliberate on Murang Kuryente Bill
PASAY CITY, Philippines – Senators are expected to deliberate on the proposed lowering of electricity rates as the Murang Kuryente Bill has now reached the plenary. The measure, sponsored by Senate...
View Article7 weed smokers who taunted Duterte in viral video, surrender
Police are in custody of the seven men seen in a viral video badmouthing president Rodrigo Duterte while smoking marijuana. Initial investigation revealed their identities and that they are residents...
View ArticlePNP to distribute new service firearms, vehicles to ground units
8,170 units 5.56mm Basic Assault Rifle (Galil ACE 22N) QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) is set to distribute to its ground units the newly procured firearms and...
View ArticlePhil Tram Company eyes PH’s first virtual train in Davao City
(CGTN/YouTube ) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Phil Tram Company plans to adopt a virtual train system similar to that of China. A virtual train is an electrically-powered train that runs on a virtual...
View ArticlePNP in Mindanao on full alert after Sultan Kudarat blast
A full alert status has been raised over Mindanao region following the explosion in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat that killed two people and wounded 35 others on Tuesday night. With vacation leaves...
View ArticleHouse approves 100-day maternity leave on 2nd reading
The Lower House on Tuesday approved on second reading House Bill 4113 that seeks to expand paid maternity leave to 100 days. The proposed measure, which covers female employees in both government and...
View ArticleGov’t loses P2B/year to rice smuggling in Zambasulta
Smuggled rice seized by the Bureau of Customs at the Port of Manila QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) estimates that about 200,000 metric tons or 4 million sacks of rice...
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