16 NO LONGER IMPEACHMENT VOTE THRESHOLD
THE Senate impeachment court on Wednesday overturned its earlier ruling requiring 16 votes to convict Vice President Sara Duterte. Instead, the impeachment court adopted...
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ESCUDERO VOTES NO TO CHANGE IN CONVICTION THRESHOLD RULE
IMPEACHMENT Court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday voted no on lowering the conviction threshold in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara...
NOVEMBER 16–18 SPECIAL NON-WORKING DAYS IN NCR FOR ASEAN SUMMIT
MALACAÑANG has declared November 16 to 18, 2026 as special non-working days in the National Capital Region in connection with the 49th ASEAN Summit...
CONGRESS RATIFIES MEASURE EXPANDING VOUCHER SYSTEM TO COVER KINDER TO GRADE 6
THE Senate and the House of Representatives have ratified the reconciled version of the bill expanding the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in...
HOUSE PROSECUTION SEES ‘STRIKING BALANCE’ IN VP SARA’S WEALTH, BUSINESS RECORDS
THE House prosecution sees a “striking imbalance” between Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s rising declared net worth and the financial records of businesses linked...
MORE ‘QUALITY TIME’ WITH CHILDREN KEY TO PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE, OTHER YOUTH PROBLEMS – CAYETANO
MORE ‘QUALITY TIME’ WITH CHILDREN KEY TO PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE, OTHER YOUTH PROBLEMS – CAYETANO
SENATE Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday called for systemic reforms that would give families and schools more quality time with children to...
GRADE 9 SOUTH COTABATO SCHOOL SHOOTER WAS INTO ‘DEEP DARK WEB;’ LEFT NOTES – REMULLA
DEPARTMENT of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Juanito Victor C. Remulla said the 14-year-old Grade 9 student who went on a shooting...
SPEAKER DY, MAJORITY LEADER MARCOS FILE GUN SAFETY BILL AMID SERIES OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III and Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander A. Marcos have filed a bill imposing stricter...
VILLAR FAMILY FACES GRAFT RAPS
THE Office of the Ombudsman on Friday filed criminal and administrative complaints against members of the Villar family over the alleged disadvantageous joint venture...
ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING INCIDENT: 3 STUDENTS DEAD, 6 WOUNDED IN SOUTH COTABATO
ANOTHER shooting incident, this time in a school in Banga, South Cotabato, on Firday (Sept. 18, 2026), left three students dead, including the gunman,...
BAM TELLS DOE TO ACT URGENTLY ON ‘PALIT TANGKE’
SENATOR Bam Aquino has called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to immediately finalize the operational guidelines for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder swapping...
PALACE CUTS GOV’T WORK HOURS ON SEPT. 28 FOR NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK
MALACAÑANG has ordered the suspension of work in government offices starting at 1 p.m. on September 28 (Monday) to give government employees and their...
PICC HOSTS ASEAN LEADERS’ SUMMIT IN NOVEMBER
IT will be a full circle moment for the Philippine International Convention Center as it serves as the main venue for the ASEAN Leaders’...
TESDA URGED TO AIM BEYOND NC II, GIVE WORKERS PATHWAY TO HIGHER-PAYING JOBS
SENATOR Joel Villanueva called for a stronger push toward higher level technical-vocational qualifications, saying Filipino workers need more than entry level certificates for better...
FORMER SC JUSTICES’ INSIGHTS TO GUIDE DECISION ON VOTING THRESHOLD – LACSON
THE insights shared by three former Supreme Court Justices during their appearance before the Impeachment Court Wednesday left an “indelible” mark on Senator- Judge...
LTO REVOKES NIÑO MUHLACH’S DRIVER’S LICENSE
THE Land Transportation Office (LTO) has imposed a two-year revocation of the driver’s license of actor Niño Muhlach. The order was issued after the...
MODERNIZATION NO LONGER AN OPTION BUT A NECESSITY – DOJ CHIEF
AS criminal networks grow more sophisticated and borderless, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Fredderick A. Vida has called for the modernization of the border...
ROMUALDEZ TRANSFERRED FROM HOSPITAL TO QC JAIL IN PAYATAS
FORMER House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is now behind bars after the Sandigabayan ordered his transfier from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) to the...
CONSTITUION BARS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT FROM BUSINESS PARTICIPATION — EX-SANDIGAN CHIEF
THE Constitution bars the President and Vice President from engaging directly or indirectly in business during their tenure, former Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang...
VAT REMOVAL ON SYSTEM LOSS TO EASE POWER COSTS FOR FILIPINO CONSUMERS – SPEAKER DY
SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Monday welcomed the removal of the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) on allowable system loss charges, as...
SENATE OKAYS BILL SETTING 5-YEAR TERM FOR BARANGAY, SK OFFICIALS
THE Senate approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2387, which seeks to fix the term of office of barangay officials and...
CHIZ PUSHES FOR DIGITIZED SEA TRAVEL RECORDS
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero is pushing for the rapid, nationwide rollout of the government’s maritime digital passenger manifest system after the Philippine Coast Guard...
PRESIDENT MARCOS MEETS WITH INDIAN AGENCIES ON RAILWAY PROJECTS, SPACE TECHNOLOGY
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday met with two Indian organizations to explore cooperation on major railway projects and space technology development in...
PBBM IN INDIA TO JOIN WORLD LEADERS AT BRICS SUMMIT
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrived in New Delhi, India on Friday night to join world leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit and meet...
GATCHALIAN WARNS OF LEARNING LOSS AMID WEATHER-RELATED CLASS DISRUPTIONS
SENATE President Win Gatchalian urged more localized and targeted class suspensions instead of blanket, system-wide declarations, emphasizing the need to prevent learning loss amid...
TRAIN, STRENGTHEN SK INSTEAD OF ABOLISHING IT – CAYETANO
SENATE Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano proposed tapping State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) to train barangay...
HOUSE TO ENSURE EVERY CENTAVO IN 2027 BUDGET ARE PROPERLY ALLOCATED FOR FILIPINOS – SPEAKER DY
SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Saturday assured taxpayers that the House of Representatives will scrutinize every centavo in the proposed ₱7.2-trillion national...
‘LOVE BUS’ RETURNS TO METRO MANILA; OFFERS FREE, COMMUTER-FRIENDLY RIDES
THE “Love Bus” project has returned to Metro Manila offering free and commuter-friendly rides to the public. In a press briefing at the Philippine...
PH EMBASSY CONTINUES SEARCH FOR MISSING FILIPINO DOCTOR IN NEPAL
THE Philippine Embassy in New Delhi, India continues to coordinate closely with Nepalese authorities in the search for Filipino physician Dr. Juan Carlos Manalo,...
RIDON: MAN’S CARPIO MAY BE CALLED AS HOSTILE WITNESS IN VP SARA UNEXPLAINED WEALTH
THE House prosecution may consider calling Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, as a hostile witness in her impeachment trial...
PALAWAN-BOUND SHIP CATCHES FIRE; 5 DEAD, OVER 80 MISSING
A PASSENGER ship on Wednesday night caught fire in the waters off Coron, Palawan leaving five people dead while 87 others remained missing. According...
BOC INTERCEPTS OVER P10.-M SHABU HIDDEN IN WEDDING DRESS BOX FROM MEXICO
THE Bureau of Customs–Port of Clark, in coordination with PDEA and the Clark Inter-Agency Task Force Against Illegal Drugs, intercepted approximately 1.573 kilograms of...
CHIZ CALLS FOR BROADER INDIGENCY DEFINITION
SENATOR Francis “Chiz” Escudero has called for a broader definition of indigency to grant more Filipinos access to government services, saying current standards are...
ROMUALDEZ SERVED ARREST WARRANT AT HOSPITAL
FORMER House of Representatives Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday night was served his arrest warrant for plunder while...
COPS RESCUE TWIN BABIES SOLD FOR P30K 
LACSON: BATO SAFER IN PH THAN ABROAD 
DIZON, LOPEZ SWAP POSTS 
UP TO 50% OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES ARE WITHOUT PRINCIPAL – GATCHALIAN