Vice Pres. Sara Duterte held a press conference at OVP Central Office, Mandaluyong City on Feb. 18, 2026. In the same briefing, she announced her presidential bid for 2028. Screen grabbed from Inday Sara Duterte livestream. House prosecutors are preparing to make Vice President Sara Duterte their most consequential witness yet, declaring that they intend…
A fresh Php 60 daily wage increase for Metro Manila workers is awaiting approval from the National Wages and Productivity Commission, offering a possible route to higher pay while an earlier wage order remains frozen by a court dispute. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region approved Wage Order No. 28 in a…
The Senate impeachment court resumed its 10th trial day on July 22, with Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero presiding and Senate President Win Gatchalian leading the opening prayer. Fourteen senators were present as Land Bank personnel prepared to testify on Article I of the impeachment complaint involving the alleged misuse of confidential funds. COURTESY: Senate of…
Lead defense counsel Sheila Sison pushed back against prosecutors’ plan to call Vice President Sara Duterte as a witness, setting up a possible constitutional dispute over whether the impeachment court can compel the accused to testify. The issue surfaced during Day 23 of Duterte’s impeachment trial Tuesday after private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan disclosed that the…
Police rescued a 24-year-old Indian medical student and arrested five suspects during an operation along Alabang-Zapote Road in Barangay Pamplona Tres, Las Piñas City, on Sept. 5. The operation was conducted by the PNP Anti-Kidnapping Group with local police units. Courtesy: PNP. MANILA, Philippines — A 24-year-old medical student was rescued in Las Piñas City…
The filing of a plunder case against former House Speaker Martin Romualdez has put President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s own cousin before the anti-graft court, but Malacañang said Monday that family ties would not determine how the administration views the case. Palace press officer Claire Castro said Marcos’ position has been consistent: anyone who should be…
Photo courtesy of PNP A rented vehicle allegedly used in the abduction of a person later found dead in Cebu City helped investigators track down two suspects within two days of the crime, according to the Philippine National Police. Police said investigators pieced together witness information, CCTV footage and vehicle details until they traced a…
Photo courtesy of PNP A man identified by police as Eastern Visayas’ No. 1 most wanted person was captured in Surigao del Sur after authorities traced him hundreds of kilometers from his home province of Leyte. Police arrested the 53-year-old suspect, known by the alias “Asiong,” in Barangay Banahao, Lianga, on Sept. 3. He was…
Vice President Sara Duterte’s declaration that she no longer feels safe has drawn a challenge from Malacañang to produce evidence of any threat, with the Palace saying authorities have no documented complaint that would substantiate her concerns. Duterte voiced her apprehension over the weekend while appearing at the Quezon City Hall of Justice to post…
Former House Speaker and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez. Photo courtesy of PNA. Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co now face a plunder case before the Sandiganbayan over an alleged multibillion-peso kickback operation tied to government infrastructure spending from 2022 to 2025. The Office of the Ombudsman filed the case…