The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) continues to work with Congress to ensure the passage of the proposed 2027 budget and avoid a reenacted spending program for next year, a top official said Friday.
MANILA, Philippines — Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) has strengthened its grip on Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) after completing a P12.4-billion acquisition of an additional stake from tycoon Ramon Ang. In a disclosure on Friday, Ang-led San Miguel Corp. said its energy arm, San Miguel Global Power Holdings Corp. (SMGP), had already completed the sale
The amount includes undeclared cash, properties, and income of the Vice President, her spouse Mans Carpio, and their companies
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MANILA, Philippines – The Senate took down its livestream of the first half of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on Friday following concerns about the data privacy of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officers. Presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero made a ruling after witness BIR chief of staff Atty. Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez flagged that
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – A soldier wounded in Thursday night’s ambush in Lamitan City, Basilan, died early Friday morning, a military official confirmed. Brig. Gen. Frederick Sales, commander of the Philippine Army’s 1101st Infantry Brigade, told the Inquirer that the victim succumbed to severe head injuries at around dawn on Friday. The ambush,
MANILA, Philippines – Prosecution counsel Atty. Lorna Kapunan questioned the defense’s approach during its cross-examination of Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) chief of staff Atty. Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez on Friday, asking whether it was “another attempt at confusing” the public. The 37th day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial opened with the continuation of
MANILA, Philippines — A mental health group on Friday criticized a bill seeking to restrict social media use among children below 18. It called the proposed measure a “non-solution” to keeping young people safe. The Senate, in a 16-1-0 vote, approved Senate Bill No. 2424, or the Safe Media Access and Responsible Technology for Kids in
The district engineering offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways that received the highest allocations in the proposed 2027 national budget include those of Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos, Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Suansing, and Speaker Faustino "Bojie" Dy III of Isabela, a House deputy minority leader said on Friday.
The House prosecution panel on Friday confirmed that financial forensic analyst Atty. Alexander Cabrera is the last witness that they will present in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
MANILA, Philippines — A Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) official on Friday raised to the impeachment court her concern about the exposure of the names of their revenue officers in public after the defense team displayed confidential Letters of Authority (LOAs) on screen. Prosecution witness Anne Loraine Garcia-Marquez, chief-of-staff of the BIR Commissioner, brought up
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