Senate to resume Cha-cha hearings next week
The Senate will resume hearings on proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution on January 17, Wednesday, Senator Francis Pangilinan said.
Actor Michael Douglas makes pre-emptive move to deny sexual misconduct
The actor denied that he had masturbated in front of a woman who worked for him about 32 years ago.
Trump slams ‘broken, unfair’ U.S. court system after judge blocks scrapping of program for...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted the federal court system as “broken and unfair” after a judge blocked his administration’s move to end a program protecting young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents.
Mercury expected to plunge to 12°C in Baguio Thursday night
Residents of and visitors to Baguio City would do well to make sure they have warm jackets and sweaters at hand or stay indoors Thursday night, January 11, when the temperature if forecast to drop to 12 degrees Celsius.
Myanmar prosecutor seeks Official Secrets Act charges against Reuters reporters
Myanmar prosecutors sought charges on Wednesday against two Reuters reporters under the Official Secrets Act, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years, the reporters’ lawyer said.
U.S. firm on freedom of navigation in face of Chinese expansion – envoy
The United States is doing "everything possible" to promote and protect freedom of navigation and freedom of flight in the Asia Pacific and is not "retreating and giving space to China," Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Y. Kim said
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Tagle: Finding purpose in business lies in enabling the poor to recover their dignity
The implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion is expected to lead to price increases to be borne by consumers, prompting government to allocate P24.5 billion this year alone for cash grants of P200 per month to the poorest 10 million Filipino families.
Rescuers seek survivors after California mudslides kill 15
Rescue crews with dogs and scanners dug through waist-deep mud in an affluent stretch of Southern California’s coast on Wednesday, hunting for some two dozen people missing after mudslides swept through, killing at least 15.
WATCH | Olympic medalist Hidilyn Diaz says desire to rise from poverty motivated her...
Hidilyn Diaz said poverty should never be a hindrance to being an accomplished person and instead foster resourcefulness.
WATCH | Bongbong Marcos: ‘Why would I run for senator, I already won as...
The likelihood of winning a senatorial seat in next year's mid-term polls does not excite the son and namesake of the late strongman. What he wants is to pursue his fight to be proclaimed as the country's second highest leader.
De Lima decries ‘judicial miracles of impunity’ under Duterte gov’t, cites cases of Reyes,...
Detained opposition Sen. Leila de Lima again assailed the Duterte administration over what she called the "impunity virus" allegedly plaguing the government, particularly the judiciary.
DOE deploys inspectors to deter oil firms from TRAIN ‘abuse’
The Oil Industry Management Bureau has deployed a team of inspectors to randomly check the inventories of service stations and depots nationwide.
As traffickers turn to TNS firms for ‘delivery,’ PDEA teams up with Uber, GRAB...
Officials of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and transport network companies like UBER, GRAB and i-Hop signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) vowing to team up in fighting illegal drugs, amid rising cases of TNC drivers being victimized by drug dealers.
To offset price increases due to TRAIN, govt allocates P24.5B in cash grants for...
The government has allocated P24.5 billion for the unconditional cash grants worth P200 per month for the poorest 50 percent of households, or about 10 million families, to offset price increases resulting from the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN).
Senate resumes Cha-cha hearing on Jan. 17
The Senate will open discussions anew on the proposed amendment or revision of the 1987 Constitution next Wednesday, January 17, after the House of Representatives finished deliberations on the P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018 and the new government tax program TRAIN.














