NO POLITICIANS ALLOWED IN ‘AYUDA’ PAYOUTS IN 2026 – ERWIN TULFO
SENATOR Erwin Tulfo on Wednesday clarified that the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) prohibits the presence of any politician in the payouts of...
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ATONG ANG’S LAWYER DESCRIBES JONVIC REMULLA’S STATEMENT ‘RECKLESS,’ ‘DANGEROUS’
THE lawyer of businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang has criticized Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla’s statement regarding the alleged imminent arrest of his client in the...
PBBM ORDERS AUSTERITY IN CHRISTMAS, YEAR-END CELEBRATIONS AMID RECENT DISASTERS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. directed all national agencies to observe austerity in Christmas and year-end celebrations, considering the recent natural disasters and calamities...
PH NOT AN ISIS TRAINING HOTSPOT – PALACE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has firmly dismissed misleading claims portraying the Philippines as a training hotspot for violent extremist groups, Malacañang said on...
MARCOS EXTENDS FILING OF HOSPITAL CLAIMS TO 120 DAYS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Health (DOH) to extend the period of filing hospital claims with the Philippine Health...
POKWANG APOLOGIZES FOR BROTHER WHO SLAPPED MAN WITH CART IN ANTIPOLO
COMEDIAN-HOST Pokwang on Tuesday apologized after her brother slapped a man who was pushing a cart with his daughter in Antipolo City. The incident...
BONDI BEACH SHOOTERS TRAVELED TO PH PRIOR TO THE ATTACK – BI
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported that the father and son behind Australia’s deadliest mass shooting traveled to the Philippines a month before the...
ANA LIZA LOGAN NAMED NEW CHIEF PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL COUNSEL
MALACAÑANG announced on Tuesday the appointment of lawyer Anna Liza Logan as the new Chief Presidential Legal Counsel succeeding former Senate President Juan Ponce...
MEDICAL AID WON’T BE COURSED THROUGH POLITICIANS – PALACE
MALACAÑANG said the Department of Health (DOH) will implement the Medical Assistance for Indigents and Financially Incapacitated Patients or MAIFIPP to insulate it from...
MISA DE GALLO BEGINS TODAY, DEC 16
‘SIMBANG GABI.’ Thousands of parishioners attend the first day of the nine days Misa de Gallo or “Simbang Gabi” at the Diocesan Shrine and...
LACSON WON’T SIGN BUDGET BICAM REPORT WITH QUESTIONABLE MEDICAL AID, FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD PROVISIONS
UNLESS the provisions granting the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP) a massive budget increase and allocating billions for potentially unvetted...
JINGGOY PROPOSES STANDARD RATES, FREE PARKING FEE FOR CUSTOMERS
FINDING a parking space — especially in Metro Manila — is difficult enough and paying exorbitant fees shouldn’t make it even worse. To promote...
DY BACKS GENUINE WORKERS’ REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS
SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Friday expressed support for reforms to the country’s party-list system, underscoring the need to strengthen its original...
ZERO-BALANCE BILLING ONLY POSSIBLE WITH FULLY FUNDED PHILHEALTH – SEN. PIA CAYETANO
SENATOR Pia S. Cayetano stressed that the Zero-Balance Billing (ZBB) policy might just work as intended should the billions in legally earmarked PhilHealth funds...
PBBM GRANTS GOV’T EMPLOYEES SERVICE RECOGNITION INCENTIVE OF UP TO 20K
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has granted government employees a Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for 2025 to acknowledge their continued hard work, loyalty, and...
MARCOS OKAYS 7K GRATUITY PAY FOR CONTRACT, JOB ORDER WORKERS IN GOV’T
RECOGNIZING the hard work of every government worker in the country, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the release of a one-time gratuity...
SAN JUANICO BRIDGE REOPENS
THE iconic San Juanico Bridge is now open to two-way traffic after several months of repair work. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured the...
SPEAKER DY, SANDRO MARCOS FILE ANTI-POLITICAL DYNASTY BILL
SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III has taken a major step by filing a landmark Anti-Political Dynasty Bill, a reform he committed to pursue...
BICAMERAL CONFERENCE FOR THE P6.793 TRILLION 2026 NATIONAL BUDGET SET ON DEC 13
THE Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to start the bicameral conference for the deliberation of the proposed P6.793 trillion 2026 national...
KIKO RAISES CONCERN ABOUT PRESENCE OF SMUGGLED, UNFIT FOR CONSUMPTION FOOD PRODUCTS IN RESTAURANTS
SENATOR Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Thursday expressed concern about the possible entry of smuggled, uninspected food products into the local food supply chain through...
EX-CONGRESSMAN ZALDY CO’S PASSPORT CANCELLED – MARCOS
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed concerned government agencies to coordinate with the country’s embassies for the capture and immediate return of ex-Ako...
PBBM LEADS GROUNDBREAKING OF PH’S FIRST MAJOR AGRI-MACHINERY FACTORY
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday led the groundbreaking of the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Complex (KAMIC) in Nueva Ecija, the country’s first...
BI INTERCEPTS SUSPECTED MAIL-ORDER BRIDE AT NAIA
THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted a 25-year-old Filipino woman at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 suspected of being a mail-order...
CSC OKAYS WELLNESS LEAVE FOR GOV’T WORKERS
TO further strengthen workplace strategies aligned with Republic Act No. 11036 or the Mental Health Act, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) has approved the...
DOJ PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION RULING ‘FLAWED, UNFAIR — ATONG ANG LAWYER
A LAWYER for Charlie “Atong” Ang on Wednesday assailed the resolution of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to finally charge the businessman in court...
P6.793 TRILLION 2026 NATIONAL BUDGET GETS SENATE NOD
The Senate on Tuesday approved the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for next year. With 17 affirmative votes, no negative votes and zero abstention, senators...
DOJ ORDERS FILING OF MULTIPLE KIDNAPPING WITH HOMICIDE CHARGES VS ATONG ANG, 21 OTHERS OVER MISSING ‘SABUNGEROS’
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday ordered the filing of criminal charges against businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang and 21 others for their alleged...
MORE BANK ACCOUNTS, ASSETS, AIRCRAFT LINKED TO FLOOD CONTROL ANOMALIES FROZEN – PBBM
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday announced that the Court of Appeals has issued another freeze order on hundreds of bank accounts,...
TULFO RENEWS CALLS FOR CHEAPER DOMESTIC FLIGHTS TO BOOST LOCAL TOURISM
SENATOR Erwin Tulfo has urged anew the Department of Tourism to bolster efforts in lowering the ticket prices for domestic flights to compete...
BROADCASTER STABBED DEAD IN SURIGAO DEL SUR
A MEDIAMAN on Saturday was stabbed dead in Bgy. Sta. Cruz, Surigao del Sur. Slain was Gerry Campos, a broadcaster-turned-municipal councilor in Marihatag, Surigao...
SOLON PUSHES FOR P2,000 MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR PWDs
A LAWMAKER from Quezon City has filed a proposed measure pushing for a P2,000 monthly allowance for all persons with disabilities (PWDs) regardless of...
NAPOLCOM ORDERS DISMISSAL OF COP OVER INDECENT SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT
THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Saturday ordered the dismissal from the service of a police officer for allegedly posting sexually suggestive, indecent, and...
SC ORDERS RETURN OF P60B TO PHILHEALTH
THE Supreme Court (SC) has unanimously ordered the government to return P60 billion in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) funds that were previously...
9 FILIPINO SEAFARERS HELD HOSTAGE BY HOUTHI REBELS BACK IN PH
THE nine Filipino seafarers from the M/V Eternity C who were held hostage by Houthi rebels last July on Thursday arrived in the...
WOMAN USING ONLINE SELLING AS FRONT FOR PEDDLING SHABU BUSTED 
115 REBELS, SUPPORTERS RENOUNCE TIES WITH COMMUNIST TERROR GROUP, SURRENDER GUNS 
CHILD DROWNS IN BULACAN RESORT’S SWIMMING POOL 
PRO3 RAMPS UP INTERNAL CLEANSING EFFORTS, RESOLVES 43 ADMINISTRATIVE CASES IN 2 MONTHS