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Government of the Philippines - Moro National Liberation Front Coordinating Committee's Community Healing and Reconciliation Subcommittee meeintg on March 25 and 26, 2022 in General Santos City (Photo courtesy of OPAPRU) MANILA - The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) on Monday said it will finalize the framework for the Community Healing and Reconciliation Program, between the Government of the Philippines and Moro National Liberation Front (G...

State economic managers have lauded Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon for his major contribution in the passage of three key economic reform laws that are seen to hasten the country’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter signed by Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez, Trade Sec

The Muntinlupa City government warned the public that stealing wires from streetlights is punishable under the law. It made the warning after Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster Resilience and Management recorded at least four incidents of streetlight wire thefts through their surveillance team

A police checkpoint in Malolos, Bulacan intercepted a motorist who was found carrying a firearm and a grenade inside his vehicle on Tuesday, April 5. Col. Rommel J. Ochave, acting Bulacan police director, identified the arrested suspect as Fernando Alejo, 50, of Barangay San Juan, City of Malolos.

               The Philippines' debt level hit an unprecedented P12-trillion and the Filipinos living under the poverty line went back to the 2017 era of 21 percent (about 23 million), mainly due to the pandemic.                  The burden of debt servicing such a mammoth debt and providing soci

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Prosecutors have ordered the filing of criminal charges against a delivery rider who threatened to kill presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. via social media. In a statement Tuesday, the office of Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said a bail of PHP72,000 was recommended for the temporary liberty of 49-year-old Michael Go, who was arrested Friday in Barangay Sta. Lucia, Quezon City. Two days earlier, Marcos' camp already...

DOJ The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved the filing of criminal charges against a delivery rider who allegedly threatened to kill presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. In a statement, the DOJ’s Office of Prosecutor General (OPG) said the charges against Michael L. Go wi

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has expressed its readiness to help the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in going after peddlers of “fake news” relating to the incoming national and local elections. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made the assurance after Comelec Commissioner George Garcia on Monday said the poll body would seek the…

Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by a former Nueva Ecija lawmaker who challenged the Office of the Ombudsman's findings to indict him in connection with Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) irregularities in 2007. In a resolution uploaded online on Friday, the SC First Division affirmed the resolutions of the Ombudsman in 2016 and 2017 finding probable cause to charge former Nueva Ecija 4th District Rep. Rodolfo Antonino with malversatio...

The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) has filed a grave threat case against the man who allegedly posted on Twitter a threat to shoot presidential candidate former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The QCPD Public Information Office (PIO) said