President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to sign the Maharlika Investment Fund and the Estate Tax Amnesty Extension bills into law on Tuesday next week (July 18), days before he delivers his second State of the Nation Address. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said this was disclosed by the Presidential …

The Supreme Court has ordered Public Attorney’s Office head Persida Acosta to explain why she should not be disciplined as a lawyer and held in contempt for her “unabated” social media posts and newspaper publications that “tended, directly or indirectly, to impede, obstruct, or degrade the administration of justice.” The …

THE Philippines and Italy looked forward to enhancing their defense partnership as both nations shared an interest in global peace and the freedoms guaranteed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This was emphasized during a meeting between Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and …

FIRE broke out from The Manila Hotel on Thursday. Police on the site said that the fire started on the 2nd Floor Health Club, with the first alarm raised at 2:50 p.m. The second and third alarms were raised at 3:15 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. respectively.   Bureau of Fire …

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to have the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help and its surroundings declared a heritage site and tourist destination.  Inside the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. (MB File Photo) Estrada pushed for the passage of Senate Bill …

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said it is ready to provide alternative means of transportation to affected commuters if transport groups push through with their plan to hold a transport strike from July 24 to 26. But LTFRB Board Member Mercy Jane Paras-Leynes said it does not have …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Chinese-based hackers seeking intelligence information breached the email accounts of a number of US government agencies, computer giant Microsoft said. “The threat actor Microsoft links to this incident is an adversary based in China that Microsoft calls Storm-0558,” the company said in a blog post late Tuesday. Microsoft said …

The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) has granted permission for the commercial release of the Hollywood film Barbie in the Philippines, disregarding calls for a ban over concerns related to the nine-dash line issue. A photo of the full map that shows the route of the make-believe journey of …

THE Philippine men’s team quietly but strongly pulled off a major accomplishment by leapfrogging 111 notches from No. 167 down in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) world rankings to No. 56 following two victories at the ongoing Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Men in Taipei. “This is one …

THE Marikina Regional Trial Court has summoned Television and Production Exponents Inc. (TAPE) — producer of noontime show “Eat Bulaga” —and GMA Network, Inc. to answer the alleged copyright infringement and unfair competition complaint that plaintiffs Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon and former TAPE executive vice-president for production …