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(File photo) MANILA – The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a measure that would allow tapping the excess funds of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) for unprogrammed appropriations in the 2023 budget. During the plenary session, the chamber approved through voice voting House Bill 9513, which provides an additional criterion …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. affirmed his support for Vice President Sara Duterte and assured he “will pay very close attention” to issues concerning her office and leadership. The President issued the statement amid calls to impeach Duterte over controversies involving the Office of the Vice President, chiefly its request for …

LAST week, Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken signed an agreement that paves the way for adding nuclear power to the Philippines’ energy mix. At the core of the “123 Agreement” is the building of small modular reactors, or SMRs, which are compact nuclear plants …

Philippines Presdient Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers remarks during the Philippines 123 Signing Ceremony during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. The APEC Summit takes place through November 17. (AFP / Frederic Brown Jr.)  MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos insisted his …

VP Sara Duterte  Vice President Sara Duterte on Sunday said she believed she still has the trust of President Marcos even as her office is doing “due diligence” on rumors that there are moves to impeach her. “We’re okay,” Duterte said during a chance interview in Quezon City. “I believe …

This file photo shows the Commission on Elections headquarters in Manila. (Philstar.com / AJ Bolando, file)  MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections is currently investigating allegations that the president of Smartmatic met with allies of a presidential candidate during the campaign season of the 2022 national elections  — a …

Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco (File photo)  MANILA – Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Pasay City have intercepted a Japanese national who presented a counterfeit Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SRRV). BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said Yoshiaki Nakamura, 64, was about to board a Philippine …

Comelec Chairman George Garcia admitted that the poll body used one IP address for the 20,300 modems that were used to transmit election results. (The STAR / Miguel De Guzman) MANILA, Philippines — With preparations underway to fully automate the 2025 midterm elections, poll watchdog the National Movement for Free …

The Senate may be able to approve the proposed P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) next week, Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said on Monday, November 20. Angara said the Senate will finish the period of interpellations for the remaining agencies that have yet to be tackled by the Upper Chamber …

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez  House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Sunday denied claims that there was a move to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte amid talk of fractures inside the “UniTeam” coalition. “I’m not aware of anything…There’s been nothing filed, no news of that,” Romualdez said in a chance interview …