Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, Sept. 11, said the qualification of contractors Cezarah “Sarah” and Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya as possible state witnesses remains uncertain due to inconsistencies in their testimonies and their decision to retract statements before the House of Representatives. Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya and Cezarah …
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Rep. Elizaldy Co (Ako Bicol Party-list) attends the House appropriation committee’s budget hearing for the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the President on Sept. 9, 2024 (House of Representatives / Release) MANILA, Philippines — Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co on Wednesday denied any wrongdoing amid claims of …
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DPWH personnel wearing the office uniform (above) are being accosted and harassed by the citizenry angry over the recent exposés on massive corruption in the agency and their favored contractors. (STAR / File) MANILA, Philippines — Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon has suspended the mandatory wearing …
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ILLEGAL PLAN. National Security Adviser Eduardo Año testifies during a Senate hearing on March 20, 2025. The director general of the National Security Council, Año on Thursday (Sept. 11) rejected China’s plan to create a nature reserve at Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea, calling it “patently illegal.” (Photo courtesy …
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed a law institutionalizing the transition to e-governance to foster a digitally empowered and integrated government through a regulated, secure, and robust information and communications technology (ICT). Republic Act (RA) 12254, inked by Marcos on Sept. 5, …
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House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) is photographed with fellow leaders from the lower chamber, including Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, and other legislators after a meeting on September 10, 2025. On Wednesday, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez held a meeting with other party leaders of the House of Representatives. He was …
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DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon personally filed graft complaints at the Office of the Ombudsman on September 11, 2025 against 20 officials of the Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office and four private contractors over alleged irregularities in flood control projects, submitting key documents to support charges under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt …
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Senate finance committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian leads the Senate hearing on the proposed 2026 budgets of the Office of the President, the Presidential Management Staff and Commission on Elections. (Jesse Bustos) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate finance committee yesterday quickly approved for plenary debate the Office of the President (OP)’s …
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Courtesy: Department of Finance The Department of Finance (DOF) on Wednesday released a statement denying that a P28-billion official development assistance (ODA) from South Korea exists, which President Lee Jae-Myung reportedly suspended to avoid risks of corruption and mismanagement of public funds. “The Department of Finance categorically clarifies that no …
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President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. speaks at the ceremonial launch of the 2025 SSS Pension Reform Program on September 10, 2025 in Quezon City. (Courtesy: Presidential Communications Office) President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said the government’s first pension increase under the Social Security System (SSS) Pension Reform Program underscores …
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