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Credit to Author: Neil Jayson Servallos| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Vice President Sara Duterte says she will not flee the country or go into hiding if authorities issue an arrest warrant in connection with the National Bureau of Investigation probe of her threats against President Marcos.

Credit to Author: Cecille Suerte Felipe| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Lawmakers have approved the bicameral conference committee report on the P6.532-trillion national budget for 2025, retaining the P1.3-billion funding cut in Vice President Sara Duterte’s office amid tensions between her and President Marcos

Senate Majority Floor Leader Francis Tolentino yesterday hailed the recipients of this year’s Seal of Good Local Governance, as he acknowledged the role of local government units as the “bedrock of national development.”

Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The Philippines will never be part of the escalation of tensions in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos declared yesterday as he rejected the deployment of Navy warships despite China’s persistent aggression within Philippine waters.

Credit to Author: Romina Cabrera| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Tycoon and former Senate president Manuel Villar Jr. has returned to Forbes Asia’s annual Heroes of Philanthropy list.

Credit to Author: Elizabeth Marcelo| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Acting on the Presidential Commission on Good Government’s request, the Sandiganbayan has dismissed the government’s damage claims against the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr., former first lady Imelda Marcos, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile and the late businessman Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr. in connection with the alleged misuse of the Coconut Industry Investment Fund,also known as the coco levy funds, during martial law.

Credit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

The Philippine Statistics Authority may have to verify the authenticity of 1,992 more names being linked to P500-million confidential funds allegedly misused by Vice President Sara Duterte.

Credit to Author: Gilbert Bayoran| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

About 87,000 residents living within the six-kilometer danger zone of Mount Kanlaon on Negros island were being evacuated yesterday, a day after the volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and debris hurtling down its western slopes.

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:30:00 +0800

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered a higher Service Recognition Incentive for public school teachers. 

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:10:00 +0800

Senator Risa Hontiveros raised the alarm on the possible presence of Chinese spies in dredging vessels in Philippine waters.