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Sotto refutes Imee Marcos: No talks on con-ass
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (22+ words) Senate Minority Leader Sen. Vicente "Tito" Sotto on Sunday refuted Sen. Imee Marcos' claims about a plot to hold a constitutional assembly....
Teodoro maintains 19 killed in Toboso encounter combatants
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (162+ words) Teodoro maintained that all 19 people killed in Toboso were combatants and that none of them were civilians....
Macalintal seeks passage of law banning politicians in aid distributions
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (425+ words) MANILA, Philippines " Senior citizens" rights advocate and lawyer Romulo Macalintal on Friday called on the passage of a law that will strictly delegate the distribution of government assistance to government agencies only, and not with the presence of elected officials…...
Zamboanga del Sur marks 5th year as insurgency-free province
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (254+ words) PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur " Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday marked its fifth year as an insurgency-free province, a milestone that Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento described as proof of the province's transformation from a conflict area into a…...
Nartatez to dela Rosa: PNP will serve warrant, still best to surrender
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (272+ words) MANILA, Philippines " Philippine National Police'chief'Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr.'said it would be best for'Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa'to surrender to authorities, but added that the agency would still enforce the warrant against him. "He is a former police officer....
Lacson relieved he's no longer blue ribbon panel chair
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (154+ words) MANILA, Philippines " Sen. Panfilo Lacson has expressed "double relief" after he was replaced as head of the Senate blue ribbon committee, a body tasked to look into allegations of government irregularities. Sen. Pia Cayetano took over a week after her…...
Luistro: A lot of lawyers want to help us in Sara Duterte's trial
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (825+ words) MANILA, Philippines" The reason the House of Representatives has not yet announced the private lawyers that would help the prosecution team is because a lot of lawmakers have expressed their intent to help in the trial of Vice President Sara…...
LOOK: Tentative schedule for Sara Duterte's impeachment trial
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (125+ words) MANILA, Philippines " With the start of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial expected on July 6, 2026, the Senate impeachment court is expected to follow a strict schedule as the upper chamber primes for what could become one of the most significant…...
Cops nab suspect in killing of Basilan employee
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (223+ words) PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur" " Police arrested on Wednesday the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of an employee of the Isabela City, Basilan local government, following intensified investigations and emergency security meetings convened by local leaders and security forces....
Senators call on dela Rosa to surrender after DOJ OKs arrest
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (89+ words) Sens. Risa Hontiveros and Erwin Tulfo on Thursday called for Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa's surrender....