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2025 free WiFi budget only good for 5 months
by Shiela Crisostomo - September 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The Department of Information and Communications Technology is now in a quandary, as the budget it received for the free WiFi program in 2025 is good for only five months.
No impeach case filed vs VP, says House exec
by Shiela Crisostomo - September 1, 2024 - 12:00am
Despite rumors that an impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte is brewing in the House of Representatives, such a case has not been filed in the chamber.
House panel to file resolution deferring toll circular
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 31, 2024 - 12:00am
The House committee on transportation is planning to file a resolution for the scrapping or at least delaying of the implementation of a circular that penalizes motorists for having insufficient balance in their...
House panel OKs measure for daylight saving time
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 31, 2024 - 12:00am
The House committee on economic affairs has approved a measure that will allow the president to advance the Philippine Standard Time by one hour in the first six months of the year to maximize productivity.
‘VP’s misuse of confidential funds impeachable’
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 31, 2024 - 12:00am
For Alliance of Concerned Teachers Rep. France Castro, Vice President Sara Duterte had committed an “impeachable offense” for misusing the P125-million confidential funds given to her in 2022.
Quadcom: Espenido was not recruited to testify
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Leaders of the House of Representatives’ quad committee yesterday belied the accusation of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa that police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido was “recruited” to discredit...
Cassandra Li Ong offered immunity, cited in contempt
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
The quad committee of the House of Representatives is eyeing Katherine Cassandra Li Ong, an incorporator of Whirlwind Corp., as a state witness in the panel’s ongoing probe on Philippine offshore gaming operator...
Ex-cop backs inmates' claims of Chinese drug lords' execution in Davao prison
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 29, 2024 - 9:44am
An incarcerated former policeman on Wednesday corroborated the earlier testimonies of two inmates on the execution of three Chinese drug lords inside the Davao penal colony in August 2016.
Cop confirms reward system in drug war
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Controversial police Col. Jovie Espenido yesterday confirmed that there was a reward and quota system under formerpresident Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, which emboldened some police officers to abuse the...
Ex-Customs officer linking Paolo Duterte, others to drug smuggling not yet a state witness
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 18, 2024 - 11:17am
A lawmaker said that the former Bureau of Customs security officer, who implicated Davao City Rep. Paolo “Polong” Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband, Manases Carpio, in drug smuggling,...
Paolo Duterte refutes ties to shabu smuggling
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 17, 2024 - 10:00am
Davao City Rep. Paolo "Polong" Duterte said that he does not know the former Bureau of Customs intelligence officer who linked him and others to the smuggling of illegal drugs, including P11 billion worth of...
Moving Ninoy Aquino Day to August 23 illegal – Lagman
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 17, 2024 - 12:00am
An opposition member of the House of Representatives yesterday questioned the motives of President Marcos in moving the celebration of Ninoy Aquino Day from Aug. 21 to Aug. 23, saying this is a violation of the...
VP’s husband, Polong linked to drug smuggling
by Shiela Crisostomo - August 17, 2024 - 12:00am
A former intelligence officer of the Bureau of Customs yesterday linked Davao City Rep. Paolo “Polong” Duterte to the smuggling of illegal drugs, including P11 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride...
Speaker orders full probe into illegal POGO activities
by Shiela Crisostomo - July 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The House of Representatives will investigate illegal activities involving Philippine offshore gaming operators or POGOs.
Government to build P2.3 billion dialysis center
by Shiela Crisostomo - June 27, 2024 - 12:00am
With the annual increase in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) cases, the Marcos administration will construct a P2.3-billion hemodialysis center at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City.
House transmits divorce bill to Senate
by Shiela Crisostomo - June 13, 2024 - 12:00am
There will no longer be a recount of the votes for the controversial divorce bill in the House of Representatives as the approved measure has been transmitted to the Senate.
‘20,322 killed until 2017 in Duterte drug war’
by Shiela Crisostomo - June 6, 2024 - 12:00am
A total of 20,322 people were killed during Duterte’s war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to Nov. 27, 2017, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said during yesterday’s hearing of the House committee on human rights...
House censures Alvarez over ‘seditious’ remarks
by Shiela Crisostomo - May 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The House of Representatives issued last night the penalty of censure against Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez following the “disorderly conduct” complaint filed against him over his...
Bill seeks regulation of ‘paluwagan’ scheme
by Shiela Crisostomo - May 16, 2024 - 12:00am
A proposed legislative measure that seeks to regulate paluwagan, a saving scheme popular among Filipinos, was approved on second reading by the House of Representatives last Tuesday.
House panel OKs P89 billion for seniors’ universal social pension
by Shiela Crisostomo - May 9, 2024 - 12:00am
A universal social pension measure has gained a foothold after a House of Representatives committee yesterday approved the budget allocation for the benefit.
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