EDITORIAL: For a truly independent commission
President Bongbong Marcos’ creation of an independent commission to investigate the massive mess that is the Department of Public Works and Highways appears to have gotten off to a fine start. This is because he was able to convince retired…
Sudden changes in Senate, House leaderships
By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor MANILA – To quote William Shakespeare’s play Henry IV, “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.” A little more than a week after the Senate presidency changed hands, the leadership in the House of…
FLOOD SCANDAL SPARKS BIG RALLIES, ROMUALDEZ OUSTER; AFP, PNP on alert; Independent probe commission up
As the flood control projects scandal deepened with more “ghost” and defective projects are uncovered sparking anger and massive protests, Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives and quickly replaced by his Deputy Speaker, Isabela 6th District Rep. Faustino “Bojie” Dy III by 253-28 votes from his peers.
AS I SEE IT: Violence, controversies, disagreements, what more?
Almost every day, we are confronted with many issues, violence, controversies, disagreements, both local, national, and even international. It became daily occurrences, normal life, instead of rare happenings or isolated cases. Our political landscape is now tainted and characterized by…
Groups protest arrest, deportation of 3 more Pinoy seamen in Baltimore
To protest the deportations of three Filipino Carnival Pride Cruise seafarers who were accused of possession of child pornography but not given due process, members of Baltimore and Maryland-based Filipino organizations and allies of the Tanggol Migrante Movement (TMM) staged a rally at the gates of Baltimore cruise terminal Sunday.
NEWSFLASH!!! Marcos to skip UN meet in New York, to focus on domestic issues
Amid threats of big rallies over the flood control scandal, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has dropped plans to attend the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) High Level Week at the UN headquarters in New York City next week.
2 SENATORS, ROMUALDEZ, BONOAN, 17 SOLONS IN FLOOD CONTROL SCANDAL; Heads roll at DPWH; Speaker Romualdez, Co linked to budget insertions
As anger over multi-billion-peso ghost and defective flood control projects intensified through rallies and protests, including at University of the Philippines Diliman, some of them becoming violent, the names of Speaker Martin Romualdez, Rep. Zaldy Co and former Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan surfaced in Congressional investigations who could be behind or part or simply linked to the scandal.
QC, Metro Manila solons tagged, deny part in flood control projects scandal
Several congressmen of Quezon City and outlying areas of Metro Manila have been linked to the scandal involving faulty and ghost flood control projects along with Department of Public Works and Highways officials and contractors.
Navy holds live-fire NLOS missile drills off Zambales amid tension with China
The Philippine Navy (PN) stage a live-fire unilateral missile exercise west of San Antonio, Zambales on September 9, highlighted by the first-ever aerial launch of a Spike Non-Line of Sight (NLOS) missile.
Formal US extradition request for Quiboloy ‘forthcoming’
A formal request to extradite detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy is “forthcoming,” Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez disclosed.
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