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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signaled he's ready to certify the proposed Agriculture Cooperatives Act of 2025 as urgent, a move that would fast-track its passage through Congress and get it implemented sooner. The announcement came after a meeting with Senator Francis Pangilinan and agriculture stakeholders at Malacañang
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Senator Win Gatchalian is putting the education sector's spending under a microscope as the Senate Finance Committee kicks off its review of how the 2026 national budget is being implemented. And with a historic ₱1.3 trillion allocated to education — the biggest ever — the stakes couldn't
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Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV took the legal offensive on Thursday, filing criminal complaints against lawyer Levito Baligod, 18 former marines, and several pro-Duterte personalities for cyber libel and perjury. The charges stem from allegations that Trillanes accepted $2 million to bribe International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators to ensure the
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The political noose tightened around Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday as the House justice committee voted overwhelmingly to advance the impeachment complaints against her, finding both petitions sufficient in substance. The vote was a lopsided 54-1, with only Quezon City 4th District Representative Bong Suntay dissenting. It's
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sat down for a major bilateral meeting at Malacañang on Tuesday, with both leaders stressing that the world is getting more unpredictable and their two countries need each other more than ever. The two presidents didn't hold
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The House justice committee has officially ordered VP Sara Duterte to respond to impeachment complaints alleging unexplained wealth, fund misuse, and death threats against President Marcos.
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The House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms just approved an anti-political dynasty bill, but don't pop the champagne yet. Opposition lawmaker Rep. Kaka Bag-ao of Dinagat Islands says the bill is so watered down it might as well not exist. The problem? The bill bans relatives up
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Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla isn't mincing words — he says the 18 alleged former Marines who accused top officials of receiving cash deliveries weren't just whistleblowing. According to him, they were deliberately trying to create a "political tipping point" to get a branch of the
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The Philippine government just dropped a bombshell: several Filipino nationals have been apprehended for allegedly spying for China, marking the first known case of Pinoys being caught working as assets for Chinese intelligence on home soil. The National Security Council confirmed that the suspects — all Filipino citizens — have confessed to
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The House committee on justice voted an overwhelming 54-1 on Wednesday, March 4, to declare two impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte sufficient in substance — a landmark step that keeps the proceedings very much alive and inches the country closer to a full public trial. Quezon City 4th District
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It's the first week of Women's Month, and a congressman already managed to make it about his fantasies. Quezon City 4th District Representative Bong Suntay is now facing intense backlash after making sexually suggestive remarks about actress Anne Curtis during the House impeachment hearings against Vice