MANILA — Following court’s decision to declare the Disbursement Acceleration Program to be partially unconstitutional, the Senate Committee on Finance summoned Budget Secretary Florencion Abad to explain. ...
MANILA — Turning down the resignation of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, only strengthens resolve for President Aquino’s impeachment, according to a lawmaker. On his Twitter account,...
MANILA — The Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) was not used for spying on the opposition, according to Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on Thursday. Reacting to a...
MANILA — Even before they were placed on the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) look out bulletin, four members of the 17 Tau Gamma Phi fraternity, who...
MANILA — A former secretary on Friday dismissed China’s 10-dash line, claiming 90 percent of the territories in the West Philippine Sea, as “fiction” and a...
MANILA, Philippines—An Australian Islamic preacher was arrested in the central Philippines on Friday on suspicion of links to Muslim extremists and rallying support for militants in Syria, police said....
MANILA — In the first part of the United States’ economic dialogue with China, a senior diplomat said that China will still continue fighting for its...
MANILA – Despite persistent calls for him to resign following the Supreme Court’s (SC) declaration of several portions on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) to be...
MANILA, Philippines—Philippine police arrested 44 foreigners who allegedly ran an online blackmail syndicate that defrauded victims in China and Taiwan by duping them into believing that their bank...
MANILA — A lawmaker said yesterday that the looming probe on the Judiciary Development Fund (JDF) may lead to the amendment of the law that created...