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The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) to recognize the group, led by Senator Koko Pimentel III, as the “legitimate” officers of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). “The suit failed to present evidence showing that the Comelec committed grave abuse of discretion.” In a resolution dated […]
Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Executive Director, has solicited the help of the media community in Kidapawan City on efforts to hasten investigation into the July 10 murder of local Brigada News FM broadcaster Eduardo “Ed” Dizon. “We need the support of the Kidapawan City media community to hasten […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles expressed confidence that any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte will not prosper. “I don’t think they have a strong case against the President.” “I don’t think they have a strong case against the President,” Nograles said in an interview with Palace reporters. Critics of the President had earlier claimed that […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) organized a courtesy call for 20 Thai executives with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to encourage Thai investments in the Philippines. These executives are from the agro-industry, banking, cement, chemical, food, energy, real estate and tourism sectors. Some of them represent private sector organizations, namely the Thailand-Philippines Business Council, […]
Newly-elected senators and local officials endorsed by the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the recent midterm polls took their oaths of office before President Rodrigo Duterte. The mass oath-taking rites were held in Malacañang, a day after Duterte joined the HNP thanksgiving party at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City. The oath-taking rites were […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has revealed the decommissioning by government of 12,000 or close to a third of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) fighters as part of efforts to expedite normalization efforts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Nograles made the revelation when he recently co-chaired the first meeting of the […]
The country took a step close to establishing a stable, lasting peace in Mindanao with the government fast-tracking normalization efforts beginning with the decommissioning of 12,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) troops representing close to a third of the MILF combatants. This was according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, who on Monday co-chaired the first […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed that government is exerting efforts to obtain justice for the 22-man crew of F/B Gem-Vir I, the fishing boat that sank following an encounter with a private Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea, and that several government agencies would be reaching out to extend assistance to the Filipino fishermen. […]
Some winning and losing national candidates in the May 13 mid-term polls have filed their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs) before the Campaign Finance Office (CFO) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the last day of the one-month filing period. Data from the CFO revealed that seven out of the 12 newly-elected senators […]
Malacañang has welcomed the passage by the House of Representatives of a bill making the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory for senior high school students. “That’s good news, the President wants that passed,” said Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. The House of Representatives recently voted 167-4-0 to approve the ROTC bill (House Bill 8961) […]