Palace leaves to Comelec to settle disagreement

MANILA – Malacañang on Sunday expressed optimism that the Commission on Election (Comelec), as an independent constitutional body, will be able to resolve the disagreement among...

Angara calls on authorities to eliminate abusive taxi drivers in NAIA

MANILA – Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Sunday urged the authorities to look into the alleged overcharging by airport taxis at the Ninoy Aquino International...

President Aquino believes BBL will push Mindanao into global spotlight

MANILA—President Benigno Aquino III on Friday stressed the need to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that would ‘certainly’ push Mindanao, and the Philippines, further into...

Solon pushes for passage of law to avoid a leadership vacuum in case of failure of elections

MANILA—No matter how remote is the possibility of a leadership vacuum in the country, a lawmaker wants to make sure this scenario won’t happen in case...

DOTC seals deal with Busan group for MRT-3 maintenance

Senator Legarda explains PhP1-B cut in 2016 national budget for RH services

MANILA—Senator Loren Legarda, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, defended on Friday the PhP1-billion cut in the Reproductive Health (RH) allocations in the PhP3.002-trillion national...

Poe to call ‘emergency’ Senate hearing on MRT

MANILA—Senator Grace Poe said on Friday she would call for an emergency hearing in the Senate following reports that the maintenance service provider of the Metro...

President Aquino cites ‘politics’ in reopening of Senate inquiry into Mamasapano incident

MANILA—President Benigno Aquino on Friday said politics played a major role in the reopening of the Senate inquiry into the Mamasapano incident that killed 44 Special...