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The Makati City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has issued an arrest warrant and a hold-departure order (HDO) against televangelist Apollo Quiboloy, the first step taken by a local court in the process of extraditing him to the United States, where he is charged with sexual abuse and trafficking, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on
A total of P213.75 million worth of kickbacks was delivered to a hotel in Manila allegedly for Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) district engineer Henry Alcantara testified before the Sandiganbayan Second Division on Friday. Speaking as a witness for the prosecution in the continuation of Estrada’s graft trial, Alcantara
Vice Adm. Alan Javier assumed command of the Philippine Navy on Friday with a pledge to strengthen maritime defense amid increasing security challenges in the West Philippine Sea. Javier, who headed the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Wescom) until his new assignment, succeeds newly retired Vice Adm. Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpeleta.
Gamaliel Cordoba, under whose leadership the Commission on Audit (COA) found alleged irregularities in government flood control projects and the use of public funds in agencies led by Vice President Sara Duterte, was appointed by President Marcos on Friday as the newest associate justice of the Supreme Court. Cordoba, the COA chair, will be filling
The Philippine National Police on Friday said that it intensified the manhunt for the two gunmen behind the killing of Basilan Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Joseph Wee Sit, who was gunned down by two unidentified men early Thursday in Zamboanga City. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. condemned the death of the regional
BACOLOD CITY—About 23 haulers have expressed interest in removing 67,530 cubic meters of lahar deposits clogging Ibid Creek in Barangay Biak-na-Bato, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Provincial Environment and Management Office head Julie Bedrio said on Thursday. The haulers attended an orientation conducted by the provincial government and were instructed to submit formal letters of intent,
LEGAZPI CITY—The recantation of key prosecution witnesses, including an alleged “jueteng” bagman, helped clear former Albay Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman of indirect bribery and links to the illegal numbers game, with the Sandiganbayan ruling that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. In a decision released on Friday, the antigraft court’s Third
COTABATO CITY – Police operatives in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday were to search the home of a man suspected to be in possession of illegal drugs and firearms but he escaped before law enforcers reached his home in Barangay Lagandang around 3 p.m. READ: Gun confiscated from teenaged student in Sultan Kudarat Stil, law
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should send a new demand letter to Marcos heirs before Dec. 2 this year to ask them to pay their estate taxes liability worth P203 billion, lest the allowable collection period for the taxman expires which would result in loss of public revenue, a political coalition
Southeast Asian foreign ministers begin meetings in Manila on Saturday as the regional bloc seeks a coordinated response to surging energy costs, security tensions, and an approaching El Niño, challenges Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has said demand collective action.
What makes the corruption scandal so damaging is that it has crippled the state’s primary tool for counteracting economic headwinds
During the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Senator-judge Pia Cayetano expresses 'disdain' over the prosecution's questions for defense witness Chadrin Parian
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Christopher “Bong” Go called for the efficient and compassionate implementation of the Unified Persons with Disabilities Identification System (UPWDIS), emphasizing the need to protect legitimate beneficiaries from unnecessary paperwork, repeated medical certifications, and barriers to accessing their legally mandated benefits. “Wag na nating pahirapan ang ating mga kababayang may kapansanan. Marami
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda reaffirmed her commitment to strengthening Philippine higher education as she took part in the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) Final Report Turnover and Strategic Policy Dialogue on November 5, 2026, at Crowne Plaza Galleria in Ortigas. The dialogue brought together representatives from CHED, the World Bank, the Second Congressional
BAGUIO CITY – Police arrested three wanted persons, including a murder suspect who had been in hiding for more than a year, in separate manhunt operations in this city on Thursday, Nov. 12. In a report Friday, the Police Regional Office-Cordillera (PRO-CAR) said the 33-year-old murder suspect was arrested in Barangay Loakan Proper through a
COTABATO CITY — Four gasoline stations in this city may be ordered to temporarily suspend operations for allegedly implementing a fuel price reduction smaller than those prescribed by the Department of Energy (DOE). Cotabato City Mayor Bruce Matabalao has ordered the City Inspectorate Team to conduct surprise inspection on gasoline stations in the city that
MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will provide the “necessary assistance” in the potential extradition of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy. According to the NBI, the assistance to be provided by the agency will depend on the instructions of the Department of Justice (DOJ). READ: Extradition warrant, HDO issued
MANILA, Philippines — The supposed preference of Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp for a longer trial comes off as masochism for Manila Rep. Joel Chua, as the defense lawyers seem to enjoy seeing themselves ‘beaten and bloodied’ continuously. Chua, a member of the prosecution panel, said this during a press briefing on Friday as he
MANILA, Philippines — A total of P213.75 million worth of “commissions” were delivered to a hotel in Manila allegedly for Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) District Engineer Henry Alcantara testified before the Sandiganbayan Second Division on Friday. Speaking as a witness for the prosecution in the continuation of Estrada’s
BACOLOD CITY — A 27-year-old Police Non-Commissioned Officer (PNCO) died after his firearm was accidentally discharged at 12:30 a.m. on Friday in Barangay Caranoche, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental. According to an initial investigation by the Santa Catalina Municipal Police Station, personnel responded to the scene after a concerned citizen reported the incident. Witness accounts indicate
MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to make the 1987 Constitution more accessible through translations into Filipino, major regional languages, Arabic, and Spanish has been refiled in the Senate. Senate Bill No. 2600, or the proposed Constitutional Translation and Access Act, seeks to establish a framework to complete outstanding translations of the country’s fundamental law
CAUAYAN CITY – Two government utility workers who were gathering garbage at the roadside were pinned to death after they were rammed by a van along the national road in Barangay San Fermin in Cauayan City on Thursday night. The garbage collectors had just alighted to pick up the waste bags when the speeding van
CALASIAO, Pangasinan — A 56-year-old barangay kagawad from Asingan, Pangasinan, was killed after his motorcycle crashed into the gate of a residential property along the Urdaneta-Manaoag Road in Barangay San Vicente, Urdaneta City shortly after midnight on Thursday. Police identified the fatality as Dario Mapalo Dela Cruz, an incumbent barangay kagawad of Barangay Bobonan in
MANILA, Philippines — Charlito Martin R. Mendoza took his oath as Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Friday, following his appointment by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. He returns to the BOC after leading major reforms at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Before becoming BIR Commissioner, he served as Department of Finance undersecretary
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday allayed fears from business groups that the recent overhaul in the Marcos administration’s key revenue-generating agencies could result in economic disruption. This concern comes after yet another shake-up in the Marcos Cabinet involving the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and
President Marcos ordered yesterday newly appointed Navy chief Vice Admiral Alan Javier to boost territorial defense and deepen ties with allies.
Newly appointed Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Rolando Ligon Jr. has vowed to continue the agency’s efforts to clamp down on corruption and fast-track digitalization.
President Marcos has appointed Commission on Audit (COA) chair Gamaliel Cordoba as associate justice of the Supreme Court, succeeding Amy Lazaro Javier, who will retire on Nov. 16 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.
President Marcos will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of Australia, Brazil, Japan and South Korea on the sidelines of the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit and related summits, according to ASEAN spokesman Dominic Xavier Imperial.
Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal has disputed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia’s position that Congress must pass a new law to set the date of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) if the Supreme Court reverses its ruling upholding the postponement of the polls to 2028.
House lead prosecutor Gerville Luistro described the defense’s testimony in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as “self-destructive” after its witness acknowledged the official’s investment in a Jollibee branch and P2.14 million in payments she received from GenCorp Industries Inc.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday warned the public against fake advisories and misleading information circulating online about the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit. The PNP advised the public to only rely on official government channels and to refrain from spreading unverified summit-related announcements. “Please do not circulate
MANILA, Philippines — The “bloodbath” that Vice President Sara Duterte imagined would happen in her impeachment trial came true, but it was not in the way she would have wanted, Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro said on Friday. Luistro, lead public prosecutor for the impeachment, said in a press briefing that the bloodbath happened instead within Duterte’s
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said that it intensified the manhunt for the two gunmen behind the killing of a Basilan judge. Basilan Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Joseph Wee Sit was shot and killed by two unidentified men early Thursday in Zamboanga City. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday welcomed the issuance of an extradition warrant of arrest against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy, saying he could no longer evade accountability now. According to the senator, the said the development was good news for victims who have long been waiting for justice, urging
The pace at which the defense panel of Vice President Sara Duterte is presenting its witnesses in her impeachment trial makes it likely that it will finish presenting its case before the end of November, the spokesman of the tribunal has said.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Friday acquitted former Albay Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman on the charges of indirect bribery and violation of the Anti-Illegal Gambling law after the witnesses who alleged that he was involved in jueteng operations recanted their statements. “[T]he Court holds that reasonable doubts are present as regards Lagman’s
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Napurnada ang pagnanakaw ng dalawang lalaki sa mga kawad ng kuryente nang biglang mag-spark ang kable na pinupuntirya nilang kunin sa Barangay San Jose, Navotas. Nahanap ang isa sa mga suspek ngunit pinakawalan din kalaunan matapos walang tumayong complainant. Ano nga ba ang nakasaad sa batas tungkol dito? Alamin.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba as the next Supreme Court associate justice, replacing retiring Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced the appointment during a briefing at the International Media Center in Pasay City. /dp READ: Zalameda is new chief justice
Patay ang isang miyembro ng Lupong Tagapamayapa ng Bulagao, Tuao, Cagayan, matapos siyang pagbabarilin ng mga hindi pa matukoy na suspek sa Barangay Centro, Tuao West sa Cagayan.
The three are facing graft and malversation charges over alleged irregularities in the procurement and construction of a P289.4-million flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro
MANILA, Philippines—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for patience amid the disruptions caused by the country’s hosting of the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit was “insulting and insensitive,” progressive group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said on Friday. In a statement, Bayan said Marcos had asked Filipinos to bear with temporary inconveniences brought about
Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Friday asked about the source of the P560 million in money transfers to former Speaker and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez from 2022 to 2025, if they didn't come from kickbacks related to flood control projects.
MANILA, Philippines — A new resolution which reiterates the need for a congressional investigation on the large-scale dredging operations in Zambales has been filed by Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima, saying that the ecosystem damage continues if this issue remains unchecked. In a statement, de Lima said she filed House Resolution No. 1601
The House prosecution team on Friday said that the counter evidence presented by the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial is not explosive and is only as good as a watusi or a small, friction-ignited firecracker that hardly makes noise.
MANILA, Philippines — A Senate inquiry into accidents and public safety hazards caused by dangling and poorly maintained electrical and utility wires is being sought following several reported incidents involving motorists, pedestrians, and children. Senate Resolution No. 776, filed by Sen. Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday, seeks to direct the Senate Committee on Public Services to
BUTUAN CITY — The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has immediately suspended the Passenger Ship Safety Certificate (PSSC) of MV Georgia 1 after the vessel ran aground at the Port of Surigao in Surigao City early Thursday. In a statement, Marina said the suspension was done in keeping with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Transportation Secretary
The issuance of an extradition arrest warrant for Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy to face criminal charges in the United States is already "long overdue," Malacañang said Friday.
LUCENA CITY – As many as 83 Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtle hatchlings, locally known as “pawikan,” were released into Tayabas Bay off Sariaya, Quezon, on Wednesday, marking the first batch released this nesting season. The hatchlings were released at 4:30 p.m. along the shoreline of Barangay Bignay 2, drawing cheers from fishermen and
Senate Committee on Public Services chairperson Raffy Tulfo has filed a resolution seeking an investigation into the accidents, electrocutions, and other public safety hazards caused by the so-called spaghetti wires to the public.
MANILA, Philippines — Despite Vice President Sara Duterte’s lawyers’ presentation of six witnesses to the impeachment trial in four days, the prosecution panel believes that the allegations raised under Article II have not been disputed. The group believes this situation is causing panic in the ranks of the defense team. Article II pertains to the alleged
OCTA Research has rejected claims that its hypothetical 2028 election surveys were rigged to favor Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government is assessing what kinds of information have been potentially compromised
The visit is expected to further strengthen ties between the Philippines and Brazil, including cooperation on issues of mutual interest.
The change comes as BCDA prepares long-term arrangements for Camp John Hay’s key facilities and as the Marcos administration readies the Pax Silica framework deal with the US
The Office of the Ombudsman will conduct intensified lifestyle check on officials of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) amid reports of its officials collecting bribe money, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla said Friday.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will hold bilateral meetings with the United Nations Secretary-General and the leaders of several countries, including US President Donald Trump, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Dominic Xavier "Dax" Imperial said Marcos will have bilateral meetings with Trump and the leaders o
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba has been named the new Supreme Court (SC) associate justice on Friday, November 13, 2026. He will succeed SC Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, who will retire on November 16, 2026.
Gamaliel Cordoba was appointed to the Commission on Audit in 2022 following a 13-year term as commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commision.
