
Scandals stitched together
The Bicameral Conference Committee amended the budget bill and left blanks in its report, thereby offering what amounted to a blank check for pork barrel…
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The Bicameral Conference Committee amended the budget bill and left blanks in its report, thereby offering what amounted to a blank check for pork barrel…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to immediately resolve the right-of-way issues delaying the P64.19-billion…
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The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has reset the arraignment of former National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC) officials accused of involvement in the…
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday said the fact-finding investigation into the 8 June team-building tragedy in Aurora…
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Extortion and cumbersome bureaucratic processes (red tape) increase the cost of doing business, discouraging both local and foreign investments.
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Lawmakers from the House prosecution panel said they have coordinated with Senate Secretary General and impeachment court clerk Renato Bantug to seek an…
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III reminded counsel of the parties in the case of former President Rodrigo Duterte to refrain from making…
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PANIITIAN, Sofronio Española, Palawan — A flashflood submerged the Panitian Elementary School here on Monday as the southwest monsoon brought heavy rains,…
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TABUK CITY, Kalinga — An anti-corruption watchdog is demanding a comprehensive site inspection of the P125-million Makilo Bridge Replacement Project before its…
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Nosy Tarsee recently got wind of a telco’s quiet comeback bid. Word from the corridors of the Department of Information and Communications Technology was that…
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The Philippines is set to attract around P80 million in annual investments for a landmark nature restoration project that will rehabilitate 120,000 hectares of…
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The Office of the Ombudsman has filed two separate graft charges against Borbon, Cebu Vice Mayor Noel Dotillos over the alleged unauthorized release of…
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The Sandiganbayan Sixth Division has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by several former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-MIMAROPA…
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A man was acquitted by the Supreme Court (SC) over illegal possession of firearms and ammunition after it ruled that the police failed to immediately mark the…
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The case stemmed from the BIR’s complaint for willful failure to supply correct and accurate information in the respondents’ 2010 income tax return.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday launched a major irrigation project in Bohol aimed at protecting farmlands — particularly rice-producing areas — from…
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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A court sentenced a former South Korean justice minister on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-President Yoon Suk…
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Thirteen years. That’s how long a domestic miner fought for a tax exemption it already had on paper. The Supreme Court just told the Bureau of Internal Revenue…
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