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Most frugal, highest spenders
by Delon Porcalla - December 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Sen. Mark Villar, son of property tycoon Manuel Villar Jr. who is listed among the world’s top 200 billionaires, was consistently the most frugal senator in 2022 and 2023.
PhilHealth to reduce premiums, expand coverage
by Delon Porcalla - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Although deprived of subsidy under the 2025 approved budget program, the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has assured lawmakers that it would still be able to reduce premium contribution and expand its...
P17 billion allotted in 2025 budget for soldiers’ monthly allowance
by Delon Porcalla - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The Congress-approved 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) that has yet to be signed into law by President Marcos has earmarked P17 billion for the P10,500 total monthly subsistence allowance of soldiers from the...
Quinta comm to seek P206 billion energy ‘refund’
by Delon Porcalla - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The quinta committee of the House of Representatives has announced that it would “pivot” its previous task of helping achieve cheap food to consumers, and is now bent on pursuing its probes for the purpose...
House sets probe on PhilHealth funds
by Delon Porcalla - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The House of Representatives will conduct an investigation on how the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has been managing its funds after billions of pesos in supposedly “excess” PhilHealth...
3rd impeachment complaint filed vs VP Sara
by Delon Porcalla - December 20, 2024 - 12:00am
A third impeachment complaint has been filed against Vice President Sara Duterte, this time by a group of lawyers and clergy, citing as grounds her misuse of hundreds of millions of pesos of her confidential funds,...
Quad comm: Duterte, Bato should face raps
by Delon Porcalla - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
After four months of hearings, officials of the quad committee of the House of Representatives recommended yesterday the filing of charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte and seven others for alleged extrajudicial...
PSA: 405 of 677 OVP fund recipients ‘non-existent’
by Delon Porcalla - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Out of the reported 677 recipients of confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education, 405 have turned out to be spurious, the Philippine Statistics Authority said in its report...
Rejoining ICC ‘imperative’ for Philippine, says lawmaker
by Delon Porcalla - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It is “imperative” for the Philippine government under the administration of President Marcos to “rejoin” the International Criminal Court (ICC), as recommended by the European Union, an administration...
COA disallowance should forfeit intel fund’s confidential nature – lawmaker
by Delon Porcalla - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
The confidential nature of intelligence funds for agencies, particularly civilian agencies that have nothing to do with law enforcement, should be lost once the Commission on Audit (COA) declares a “notice...
Quad comm to release report on EJKs, POGO
by Delon Porcalla - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
The quad committee of the House of Representatives will be coming out with an “initial report” on its inquiries into illegal drugs and their links to Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGOs) and...
House hands off on VP’s kill threat vs Marcoses
by Delon Porcalla - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
The House of Representatives will handle the impeachment cases filed against Vice President Sara Duterte, while her “kill threat” against President Marcos will be handled by the Department of Justice...
‘No impeach talk at Palace meet’
by Delon Porcalla - December 6, 2024 - 12:00am
It was nothing but a Christmas fellowship gathering where no gifts or favors of any kind were exchanged, leaders of the House of Representatives said yesterday, belying speculations that they had discussed over...
House bill extending PNP retirement age to 57 OK’d
by Delon Porcalla - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am
The House committee on public order and safety approved on Tuesday a bill that would extend the compulsory retirement age for officers and non-officers of the Philippine National Police from 56 to 57.
Check all names in VP’s receipts, PSA told
by Delon Porcalla - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am
The Philippine Statistics Authority must verify the 4,500 acknowledgment receipts Vice President Sara Duterte submitted to the Commission on Audit as proof of payment for confidential funds, a congressman said ...
Quad comm chair slams ‘narco trolls’
by Delon Porcalla - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am
Their days numbered, Philippine offshore gaming operators and others involved in illegal activities including drugs apparently want payback from the House quad committee in its ongoing investigations on POGOs.
Impeach complaint filed vs VP Sara
by Delon Porcalla - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am
Several civil society groups yesterday filed before the House of Representatives a consolidated impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, primarily hinged on allegations of misuse of her office’s...
Israeli envoy: 28,000 OFWs safe amid Middle East conflict
by Delon Porcalla - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
The 28,000 overseas Filipino workers in Israel are “safe” amid the continuous fighting with the group of Hamas in Gaza City, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran, the ambassador of Israel has assured the ...
‘Probe vloggers spreading fake news on POGOs’
by Delon Porcalla - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
The quad committee of the House of Representatives has requested the National Bureau of Investigation to “identify, investigate and file charges” against “organized vloggers” who continue...
China’s fake fishing boats swarm West Philippine Sea – lawmaker
by Delon Porcalla - November 22, 2024 - 12:00am
Aside from flooding the markets with fake products, the Chinese are now swarming Philippine waters on “fake” fishing boats manned by coast guard and naval personnel, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace...
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