CALLS MOUNT FOR DEATH PENALTY REVIVAL TO STOP CORRUPTION; Supreme Court orders Marcos, Sotto, Romualdez to answer petition on flood control projects scandal
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief MANILA – As people’s anger soars over what they perceive as slow progress in the multi-billion-peso flood control projects scandal investigations, various sectors are mounting more protest rallies nationwide as calls for the reimposition…
Voting tech company Smartmatic, ex-Comelec chairman charged in US in alleged $1-M Philippine bribery and money laundering scheme
MIAMI, Florida – The controversial Philippine Commission on Elections provider Smartmatic is on the spotlight again. This time in the United States where it was charged with its officers in a US federal court in Florida with money laundering and…
Unfit for trial? ICC orders medical examination of Duterte, affirms jurisdiction over case
THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court has ordered a medical examination of former President Rodrigo Duterte to determine his fitness to participate in pre-trial proceedings, including the confirmation of charges. Later, ICC judges affirmed the court’s jurisdiction in the crime…
Filipinos unhappy with Marcos’ handling of corruption, inflation
By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor MANILA – It may not have reached boiling point yet, but a growing number of Filipinos are growing more and more restless with the Marcos regime. Specifically, Filipinos are now most concerned over corruption and…
Bangko Sentral allows overseas Filipinos to invest in central bank securities
MANILA – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has updated its rules to give more overseas Filipinos more investment options. The BSP said Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Unit Investment Trust Funds (UITFs) are now exempt from the non-resident…
Awash with flood control projects, gov’t builds only 22 classrooms in 2025; DepEd chief vows faster work
PASIG CITY – While the governnment spent billions, if not trillions of pesos, in flood control projects throughout the country, many of which turned out to be defective or even ghost projects, only 22 classrooms have so far been built…
Filipino-led Team Asia trounces Team Rest of the World to retain Reyes Cup title
MANILA — Following the topnotch and winning showing of the country’s two women billiards champions Chezka Centeno and Rubilyn Amit capturing the championship and runner-up titles in a world tournament, their men counterparts who competed for Team Asia has retained…
Californians, get out and vote, says Secretary of State Shirley Weber
By Sunita Sohrabji SACRAMENTO (American Community Media) — Though her family has lived in the US for more than 200 years, California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber is only a second-generation voter — a reminder, she says, of the…
PHL embassy: No US crackdown on those with dual citizenship
By Claire Morales True and Cesar Antonio Nucum Jr. WASHINGTON D.C. /LOS ANGELES — The Philippine Embassy in Washington DC has clarified the United States government under President Donald Trump has not changed its policy on dual citizenship and assured…
UPSIDE: ALLICE tackles domestic abuse at 2 City Council meetings
(Part 2 & Conclusion) DALY CITY, California – ALLICE traces its roots to Daly City, where the all-volunteer team reorganized themselves in 2009 after becoming an independent nonprofit. Their name, an acronym for Alliance for Community Empowerment, honors Alice Peña…
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