2019 nat’l budget row nears end
The congressional row on the P3.757-trillion proposed budget for this year is nearing its end as senators and congressmen have agreed to have the 2019 General Appropriations Bill signed into…
3 ASG rebels killed in Sulu clash
Three Abu Sayyaf Group rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops in Banguingui (formerly Tongkil), Sulu Sunday. Troops of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 3 were on combat patrol…
Duterte gives up talking peace with communists
President Duterte the other day said that he has given up trying to talk peace with the communist rebels. Duterte made the statement days after he formally announced the dissolution…
PNP identifies 941 election hot spots
Exactly seven weeks before the May 13 polls, the Philippine National Police yesterday identified 941 election hot spots nationwide where police forces are expected to be augmented. PNP chief Police…
Mayor Sara hits back at De Lima
DAVAO CITY -- Presidential daughter and Hugpong ng Pagbabago founding chair Mayor Sara Duterte retaliated to Sen. Leila de Lima's statement against her and Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo. This…
Challenge bigger license plates before the courts, Palace urges riders
Malacañang yesterday urged motorcycle riders to contest before the courts if they think the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act is unconstitutional. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after thousands of…
NDF consultant, 2 others arrested in Laguna raid
By AARON RECUENCO Joint police and military operatives have arrested a National Democratic Front (NDF) peace consultant and two leaders of the New People’s Army (NPA) in a…
Duterte: Nations ‘chaotic’ when Church meddles in State affairs
The world would be better if Catholic priests are no longer interfering with government affairs, President Duterte said the other day. In his latest tirade against alleged clerical abuse, the…
Gov’t to protest if PH fishers driven away from shoal
The Philippine government is determined to file a protest if Chinese coast guards were really driving away Filipino fishermen from Panatag Shoal. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said evidence must be…
Boy, 13, arrested for drug pushing in Cavite
By ANTHONY GIRON CAMP GEN. PANTALEON GARCIA, IMUS, Cavite - A 13-year-old boy was arrested Sunday by police in a drug buy-bust operation in Cavite City,…
Dam, lake water levels drop further
Water levels in the country’s lakes and reservoirs may suffer further decline as the State weather bureau forecasts way below to below average rainfall over the watershed areas in April.…
Duterte: Nations ‘chaotic’ when Church meddles in State affairs
The world would be better if Catholic priests are no longer interfering with government affairs, President Duterte said the other day. In his latest tirade against alleged clerical abuse, the…
Duterte says IS threat in PH won’t be eliminated in remaining term
The government could not completely stamp out the threat posed by the Islamic State in the country in the next three years, President Duterte admitted the other day. The President,…
Palace letting Ombudsman probe Cam over unexplained wealth
Malacañang is letting the Ombudsman investigate allegations that Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam has amassed more than P500 million in unexplained wealth after her appointment to the agency.…
Duterte optimistic BARMM reflects true Moro sentiments
President Duterte is optimistic that the new Bangsamoro autonomous region would reflect the true sentiments of the Moro community in the South. The President recognized that the law creating the…
Speaker Arroyo mum on successor
BACOLOD CITY – Apparently torn between loyalty to her political party and political ally, former President now House Speaker Gloria M. Arroyo has chosen to keep mum on who her…
