POGO lives on: 244 ‘mostly Chinese’ nabbed
Authorities arrested 244 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, during simultaneous operations against suspected illegal Philippine Offshore…
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Win rebuffs Trillanes over withheld subpoena
The Senate impeachment court’s decision to deny former Senator Antonio Trillanes a subpoena was a consensus reached by the senator-judges,…
CoA flags DA’s typhoon ‘Kristine’ aid
The Commission on Audit (CoA) flagged the Department of Agriculture (DA) for deficiencies in distributing funds intended to support farmers…
WB: Impose 5% UA cap
Clear criteria needed for its use
Flying dancer
Marathon dancing is not for the faint-hearted. Nigerian professional dancer Benjamin Daniel did it in an attempt to set a new world record…
Sharp barbs traded over espionage row
A war of words has erupted between the Chinese Embassy in Manila and the maritime research group SeaLight over allegations that Beijing was…
Reforms: Highlight of President’s week
Marcos acknowledged the Philippines still has significant ground to cover relative to its regional and global peers.
P11.5-B near-midnight pork ritual flagged
P99-B budget amendments questionable
Eye-catching
A director and filmmaker from Toronto, Canada has finally learned why he had a green spot on his left earlobe.
Sole premier showed integrity in uneasy era
Cesar E.A. Virata, prime minister during the Ferdinand Marcos Sr. administration and one of the country’s longest-serving finance…
Legarda’s leap ‘not ruled out’
A spokesperson for Senator Loren Legarda said the veteran senator may be talking with some colleagues to pave the way for a potential move…
FL’s visit relieves hard-up drivers
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos saw firsthand the hardship of struggling jeepney drivers during a visit to the Land Transportation Office…
Phl schools face new security scare
Two Lasallian campuses faced security threats Thursday, adding to a growing string of school scares that has continued well beyond the…
Careless cruise
Some couples regard a public marriage proposal as romantic. A pair in China decided to do it during the concert of a folk singer at the…
Tulfo hits lawyer’s ‘pa-cute’ antics
Tulfo advised the prosecution panel to be more mindful of the lawyers it assigns to present witnesses to keep the proceedings from turning…
Deeper motives seen behind flydubai attack
The attempt to sabotage a flydubai airlines flight may have been intended not only to endanger its 174 passengers but to damage relations…
CoA flags PCO asset issues
The audit identified 366 PPE items below CoA’s P50,000 capitalization threshold, including 195 items assigned a nominal value of P1.
CenPEG: BSKE freeze creates beholden execs
The two-year postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) could help the incumbent administration consolidate its…