ZUBIRI PUSHES FOR TOTAL BAN ON ONLINE GAMBLING
SENATOR Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri has filed a bill seeking an outright ban on online gambling in the Philippines, calling it a “silent epidemic”...
Month: July 2025
CAYETANO SEEKS TO EASE FULL COST OF SCHOOLING FROM KINDER TO GRADUATE SCHOOL
SENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano is pushing a landmark bill to tear down all financial barriers that keep millions of Filipinos from exercising a constitutional...
MARCOS DISTRIBUTES P22.85M IN LIVELIHOOD AID TO GENSAN FISHERFOLK
REINFORCING the government’s campaign on inclusive growth and sustainable fisheries development, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday led the turnover of P22.85 million...
PBBM TO CONSIDER APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY FOR MARY JANE VELOSO
MALACAÑANG on Friday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. would consider the appeal for executive clemency for Mary Jane Veloso who spent 14 years...
NEPOMUCENO HALTS UNSERVED RAIDS TO RESTORE ORDER, LEGALITY AT CUSTOMS
IN a bold first act as head of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno has ordered the immediate suspension of all...
P2M MARIJUANA, KUSH SEIZED IN MABALACAT
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Wednesday arrested three “high-value” targets and seized P2 million worth of marijuana, its derivatives and kush in a buy-bust...
MALACAÑANG TO CONSIDER DILG CHIEF’S REQUEST TO SUSPEND CLASSES
MALACAÑANG said it will consider the request of Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla for authority to suspend classes based on his experience as former Cavite...
ESCUDERO RENEWS CALL FOR GOV’T OFFICIALS TO WAIVE BANK SECRECY RIGHTS
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero has renewed his call for transparency and accountability in government by refiling a measure that mandates all public...
LACSON PROPOSES TO BAN CHILDREN UNDER 18 FROM SOCIAL MEDIA USE
TO protect Filipino youths from the harmful effects of too much exposure to social media, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson has filed a bill...
MOST WANTED DRUG SUSPECT IN APALIT CAUGHT
OPERATIVES on Tuesday arrested the no. 6 most wanted drug suspect in Apalit, Pampanga. In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director...
GOVT’ TO THOROUGHLY PROBE CASE OF 34 MISSING ‘SABUNGEROS’ – PALACE
MALACAÑANG on Wednesday said that government prosecutors and law enforcement officials will continue to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the case of 34 missing...
NEARLY 700 HOUSE MEASURES FILED ON DAY 1 OF 20TH CONGRESS
INCOMING representatives of the 20th Congress hit the ground running and filed a total of 683 measures at the House of Representatives on the...
EX-SENATOR TOLENTINO ON CHINA, HONG KONG, MACAO ENTRY BAR: ‘BADGE OF HONOR’
FORMER senator Francis Tolentino described as ‘badge of honor’ the sanction China has imposed on him. China banned Tolentino from entering its mainland, Hong...
P686K SHABU SEIZED FROM HVT IN BULACAN BUY-BUST
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Operatives on Tuesday arrested a “high-value” target and seized over P686,000 worth of...
MARCOS SWEARS IN LAZARO AS NEW DFA CHIEF
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has sworn in Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro as the new Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), succeeding...
PING LACSON BILL INSTITUTES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
TO prevent a repeat of the mangling of the national budget especially behind closed doors, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson has filed a bill...
SENATE BILL FILED TO TRIM COLLEGE TO 3 YEARS
SENATOR Win Gatchalian has filed a proposed measure cutting college education to three years. This proposed tertiary education tops Gatchalian’s priority measures on education...
ESCUDERO’S BILLS TO CUT MSMEs TAX RATES, INCREASE ACCESS TO CREDIT
SENATE President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero has filed a string of bills aimed at strengthening the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) considered the...
COP KILLED WHILE RESPONDING TO ROBBERY IN QUEZON CITY
A POLICE officer responding to a robbery-holdup on Monday was killed in a shootout that also left the suspect dead in Quezon City. The...
PBBM OPENS RICE PROCESSING FACILITY IN NUEVA ECIJA TO BENEFIT FARMERS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday led the inauguration of a rice processing and palay drying facility in Nueva Ecija, valued at P63.9...
ROMUALDEZ BILL EXEMPTS MILLIONS OF OFWS FROM PAYING PHILHEALTH PREMIUM
REELECTED Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, the Speaker of the recently concluded 19th Congress, on Monday filed a bill seeking to exempt millions...
NEPOMUCENO IS NEW CUSTOMS CHIEF
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has sworn in Ariel F. Nepomuceno as the new Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), the government agency...
‘AKSYON AGAD’ RELOADED: ATAYDE FILES EIGHT PRIORITY MEASURES TO KICK OFF SECOND TERM
Quezon City 1st district Rep. Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde officially takes his oath of office last Monday, June 30, 2025, before Supreme Court Chief...
KOREAN NABBED WHILE TRYING TO FLEE AFTER CAUSING 3-VEHICLE CRASH IN ANGELES CITY
BY KEVIN GALANG POLICE on Sunday arrested a Korean national after trying to escape from a three-vehicle crash that injured three persons in Angeles...
NEW CL OFFICIALS JUNE 30 OATHTAKING SAFE, ORDERLY – PRO3
BY KEVIN GALANG CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The June 30 oathtaking of the newly-elected officials in Central Luzon on Monday was safe...
LGU’S RECEIVE BENGUET VEGGIES 
5 GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS DROWN IN POND IN MARAWI 
‘PAIHI GANG’ BUSTED IN AGUSAN 
3 GOLD BUYERS LOSE P3.3-M TO ROBBERS IN TARLAC