Members of the House Quad Committee turn over documents to the Office of Solicitor General on October 21, 2024. (Courtesy: House of Representatives) The House Quad Committee on Monday urged the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to file civil forfeiture cases against Chinese nationals allegedly exploiting legal loopholes to …
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Rody denies drug war cash reward system
Former President Rodrigo Duterte (Courtesy: Rody Duterte/Facebook) Says willing to attend House, Senate hearings Former President Rodrigo Duterte denied ordering the implementation of a cash reward system for every successful kill during his administration’s bloody war on drugs. “No cop would enter such an arrangement. They will be put behind …
Read More »War veterans remembered at 80th Leyte Gulf Landings anniversary rites
People re-enact the historic landing of the late US General Douglas McArthur during the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Leyte Gulf Landings on October 20, 2024. (Photo by Ver Noveno) House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro led the 80th commemorative rites for the Leyte Gulf Landings on …
Read More »Barbers says Duterte welcome to attend next Quad Comm hearings
Former President Rodrigo Duterte Former President Rodrigo Duterte is welcome to testify on the succeeding hearings by the House Quad Committee on his role in the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that happened during his war on drugs campaign, Quad Comm lead chairperson and Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said …
Read More »ARAL law aims to address gaps in education
‘ARAL’ Law. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signs the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning Act or ARAL Law in a ceremony at Malacañan Palace on Friday, October 18, 2024. Standing as witness are Senate President Francis Escudero, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Department of Education Secretary Sonny Angara, Senate Majority Leader …
Read More »Solons call Sara ‘desperate’ after tirade vs. PBBM
Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong and 1-Rider party-list Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez (Courtesy: House of Representatives) House leaders from across the political spectrum made clear that they were not amused with Vice President Sara Duterte’s offensive remarks against the President and his family during her Friday press conference. …
Read More »VP hits Marcos leadership; Palace ignores 2-hour rant
Vice President Sara Duterte Sara warns to exhume, toss into WPS his father’s remains Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday attacked the leadership of President Marcos, baring her fangs at his entire family with a threat to exhume the remains of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. “It is not …
Read More »Bato can’t probe drug war — Chiz
Senate President Francis Escudero (Courtesy: Chiz Escudero/Facebook) Quad leaders to Dela Rosa: Explain ‘allowances’ from Go Senate President Francis Escudero said any investigation on the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs should not be led by either Senator Ronald dela Rosa or Christopher Go as they were implicated in the …
Read More »PBBM signs ARAL Act into law
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. signs the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Act into law in a ceremony held in Malacañang on October 18, 2024. Present to witness are (from left) Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara, Senator Francis Tolentino, Senate President Francis Escudero and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. (Courtesy: Presidential Communications …
Read More »MMDA, other agencies prepare for Undas
Courtesy: MMDA The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and other government agencies are getting ready for the All Saints’ and All Souls’ day holiday break or ‘Undas.’ Chairperson Romando Artes said the MMDA gathered the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), and all traffic bureau …
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