Court of Appeals Justice Bautista “Butch” Corpin Jr. (left) administers the oath of office to House Speaker Martin Romualdez, who will continue to serve as Leyte’s first district representative in the 20th Congress. The ceremony was held at Price Mansion in Tacloban City on June 29, 2025. Also in the …
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Dead blue shark found on Aurora shoreline
WASHED ASHORE. A dead male blue shark measuring 2.7 meters in length was found along the shoreline of Barangay Lipit, Dipaculao, Aurora on Saturday morning (June 28, 2025). The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources later confirmed the species, prompting local authorities to bury the carcass to ensure public safety. (PNA photo …
Read More »Gatchalian lauds Manila court ruling on Alice Guo: ‘She was never qualified to hold public office’
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, June 29, welcomed the ruling of the Manila court affirming that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is a Chinese national. This after the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 24 granted the Office of the Solicitor General’s instant petition for quo warranto which declared Guo’s …
Read More »Hunger among Pinoys rises to 20% in April 2025 — SWS survey
Children walk through a flooded area due to high tide in Baseco, one of the biggest slums in Manila on August 15, 2022. (AFP / Jam Sta Rosa) MANILA, Philippines — The number of Filipinos who experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months rose to 20%, …
Read More »Bangsamoro polls set for Oct 23
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed that the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections will proceed as scheduled on Oct. 23, even as questions remain unresolved over the redistribution of seven parliamentary seats originally allotted to the province of Sulu. Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the commission is legally bound to push through …
Read More »Dela Rosa, Go urged to recuse themselves
(UPDATES) from acting as senator-judges in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying they were biased. In a statement, the group cited Dela Rosa’s moves in the Senate to dismiss the impeachment complaint, a motion that was seconded by Go. “Tindig Pilipinas calls on Senators Go and Dela …
Read More »House alleges VP Sara’s answer has ‘misleading, false’ claims
SUBMITTED. Senate Secretary and Clerk of the Impeachment Court Renato Bantug Jr. (left) receives Friday the reply filed by the House prosecution panel (right) to the answer submitted by Vice President Sara Duterte on the articles of impeachment. (Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau) The Senate Impeachment Court yesterday formally …
Read More »Speaker backs proposal to open bicam budget hearing to public
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez. Ver Noveno SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Friday expressed full support for the call to institutionalize a transparent budget process by opening bicameral deliberations to the public as part of broader budget reforms he will champion at the opening of the 20th Congress in …
Read More »Australia not hosting Duterte during ICC trial
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen with his lawyer Salvador Medialdea (L) in the courtroom during his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charge of crimes against humanity over his deadly crackdown on narcotics, in The Hague on March 14, 2025. (AFP / …
Read More »Over 13,000 file cases vs online lending apps
A complainant against an abusive online lending app speaking to an officer from the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission. (Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission / Release) MANILA, Philippines — Over 13,000 people have lodged complaints against online lending applications before the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission. PAOCC executive director Gilbert Cruz said yesterday …
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