MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez denied that he was behind the signature campaign for the people's initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution and challenged Sen. Maria Josefa Imelda 'Imee' Marcos, who made the allegation to 'prove it.'
In the last Manila Times report, Sen. Maria Josefa Imelda 'Imee' Romualdez Marcos, the President's elder sister and chairperson of the Senate foreign relations committee, was quoted as asking the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to explain the reported storage of 39 million gallons of fuel for the US Navy in Subic, Zambales.
MANILA, Philippines: Senators on Monday denounced the reported attempt by some Charter change (Cha-cha) proponents to bribe people and local government leaders to sign the petition to amend the Constitution.
(UPDATE) TWO senators on Monday denounced the reported attempt by some Charter change (Cha-cha) proponents to bribe local government leaders into signing a petition to amend the Constitution.
MANILA, Philippines: The European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and their allies have pressed for the release of 25 seafarers, including 17 Filipinos, being held by Houthi rebels since last November 19.
MANILA, Philippines: European Ambassador to the Philippines Luc Véron said violence has 'no place' in schools as he expressed sadness over the reported bombing Sunday of the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City.
(UPDATE) VICE President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Sunday condoled with the families of the victims of the bombing at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City and asked Filipinos to remain calm.
SEN. Christopher 'Bong' Go has raised concern over the implementation of a law that doubled the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000.
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) placed Gaza under the highest alert level of 4 to pave the way for the mandatory repatriation of Filipinos in the besieged Palestinian enclave.