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Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas campaign manager and Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco is trying to divert the issue on the real reason behind the fall of Alyansa candidates when he announced his aspirations for speaker of the House of Representatives, former presidential chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo said yesterday.

Credit to Author: Alexis Romero| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos has declared June 6 a regular holiday nationwide in observance of Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the two greatest feasts of Islam.

Credit to Author: Alexis Romero| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

President Marcos is expected to emphasize the Philippines’ sovereignty and support the holding of talks with the US on its controversial tariff policy during his participation in the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Malaysia next week.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Insisting it violated no laws, the Bagong Henerasyon party-list in the House of Representatives yesterday called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to proclaim them soonest and lift the suspension the poll body ordered.

Credit to Author: Bella Cariaso| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Full execution of the strengthened senior high school program will be reached next year, the Department of Education said yesterday.

Credit to Author: Delon Porcalla| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Senators should pass the House-approved universal social pension for senior citizens bill when Congress reconvenes session on June 2, outgoing Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said recently.

Credit to Author: Daphne Galvez| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

The Department of Justice will request the cancellation of accused human trafficker Harry Roque’s passport.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Malacañang yesterday clarified that President Marcos won’t literally sit at bicameral conference committee deliberations on the 2026 budget, but is watching over the process to ensure that the spending measure would be in line with his administration’s priorities.

Credit to Author: Daphne Galvez| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

Government employees who test positive for illegal drug use must first be given a chance to undergo rehabilitation, the Supreme Court has declared, saying that drug use and the resulting addiction or dependence is not a crime but a sickness that requires treatment.

Credit to Author: Louella Desiderio| Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0800

On the heels of President Marcos’ call for the resignation of his top officials, business groups yesterday emphasized the importance of finding competent leaders and announcing new appointments without delay to prevent uncertainty and instability that could disrupt economic activity.