House starts P4.1-T 2020 budget deliberations

MANILA — The House of Representatives on Tuesday began plenary deliberations on the proposed PHP4.1 trillion budget for next year as embodied in House Bill 4228, or...

Weeping mom to Elago: ‘We are getting sick from worrying’

Ontario led the way in employment gains in August

Employment in Canada increased significantly in August largely as a result of gains in part-time work, Statistics Canada is reporting. Five Canadian provinces saw employment gains...

Filipinos warned vs. Iraq online job offers

MANILA— The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday warned Filipinos anew against engaging with recruiters announcing job postings online, saying the deployment ban to Iraq...

Poe sets conditions to consider emergency powers bill

https://www.facebook.com/sengracepoe/videos/520625235424219/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBZQeIdlhdYTyKg77aRoI_aVaZ-4XNJjgvPzu0YsvJT1DXi9zzdhxn6zWeiMfvWx9RrDOrDaQ2It8E4NsMs9j9m5VpERWal8uoYpD5H4VLwtWB3kjDPimvLB-lXaD8L5dKHhRNzvDdU-Ju-yyzc5hrpBfsm_xPlahxqFiMRecFLhPQevx7ym1b7jGRpSB-H3HAJAKS8SbBYXwq2mLvWP0ELUFytgaCaHjLsBBdQEdvRAq-7TgrhrpHXH0FWR89p0TiCXpeU4lLV8d2QkFTN19dNrPgqdFAryckur1J3OcN7qktsigjsa7McEp8mHJjq5BR65c3NOzdXd0c8n7U1XL9HX0HhmQ-h1lU8yg&__tn__=-R MANILA – Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday set some preconditions for the consideration of a measure seeking to grant emergency powers for President Rodrigo Duterte to...

House to secure funding for palay procurement, camp dev’t

MANILA — Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said on Tuesday the House of Representatives will secure additional funds for the government’s program to buy palay from local farmers...

Panelo suggests choppers for emergency patients amid traffic woes

MANILA — Why not use choppers to transport patients seeking emergency care amid worsening traffic in Metro Manila? This was the suggestion made by Presidential Spokesperson Salvador...

Judge reinstates nationwide halt on Trump asylum policy plan

OAKLAND, Calif. — A U.S. judge in California on Monday reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration’s plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at...

Travel records of GCTA-freed inmates under review: BI

MANILA — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday said it is currently checking the records of close to 2,000 prisoners who were released from the New...

Raps vs. leftist groups to prove ‘recruitment scheme’