CRACK IN SOLID NORTH? | Marcos-Fariñas tug of turf beguiles House
Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, News5-InterAksyon MANILA, Philippines - At the House of Representatives, lawmakers cannot help taking note of the simmering ties between Majority Floor Leader...
LEILA FOR MOCHA | Duterte’s staunch supporter finds unlikely ally in President’s archcritic
Sen. Leila de Lima excluded herself from the throng of Mocha Unson’s bashers and gave her good wishes days after the singer-dancer-turned-blogger was appointed assistant secretary for social media.
House OKs bicam report extending PH passport validity to 10 years
The House of Representatives has ratified the bicameral report extending the validity of Philippine passports to 10 years from the present five years.
Senate probers zero in on lack of road barrier in N. Ecija bus accident
Senators looking into a fatal road crash in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday scolded the district engineer on learning that apparent neglect was a factor in the April 18 accident that killed 30 passengers of a bus that plunged into a ravine.
PH gov’t braces for calamity-prone lean months, decides to beef up rice stock via...
To brace for the calamity-prone lean months of July to September, the Philippine government has decided to beef up the country's rice buffer stock through importation.
Bid to smuggle out handguns foiled at NAIA cargo warehouse
Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials at Ninoy Aquino International Airport disclosed on Tuesday that they have foiled an attempt to smuggle out two handguns...
CHACHA | Alvarez: House to get charter change going in 2018
MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Tuesday that, while he would wait for Malacañang’s action on the matter of introducing revisions to...
WATCH | Meralco readies refund of P6.9B starting June
Meralco has laid down the mechanics for refunding P6.9 billion to its customers starting this June.
This, after the company received the formal order from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to return to customers an average 75 centavos per kilowatthour every month until August.
Personal remittances up 8.1% for Q1 2018
Personal remittances from Overseas Filipinos (OFs) grew by 11.8 percent year-on-year, reaching a new record high of US$2.9 billion in March 2017. This brought the total remittances for the first quarter of 2017 to US$7.7 billion, higher by 8.1 percent than the level posted in the same period a year ago, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said.
PH first quarter GDP growth to stay solid on exports, consumption: Reuters poll
The Philippine economy is expected to have maintained a robust pace of growth in the first quarter, bolstered by resilient exports and strong consumer spending and investment activity.
WALANG PAGBABAGO | From congresswoman to VP, Leni’s wealth of over P8M neither grew...
In the last four years, Robredo’s wealth only grew 7 percent to a little more than P585,000. At the end of 2016, she declared a net worth of almost P8.878 million, which was slightly higher than her net worth of P8.292 million in 2013.
WATCH | Cases vs Duterte should be filed with ‘mental hospital’ – Alvarez
To the mental hospital. This is where cases against President Rodrigo Duterte over his alleged policy encouraging extra-judicial killings should be brought, instead of the International Criminal Court, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said on Tuesday.
PC HARDWARE | Review: Galax GTX 1060 OC 3GB
Galax beefed-up their graphic cards with high-performance clock speeds and well-designed cooling solutions.
Clark to open more domestic, int’l flights – CIAC president
More domestic and international flights will be open in the next few days at the Clark International Airport, and the latest to join the bandwagon of airlines flying out of Clark to different island destinations in the country is Cebu Pacific.
Facebook still accessible in Thailand as government deadline passes
The Facebook social media site was still available in Thailand on Tuesday after concerns arose that authorities would shut it down if Facebook did not take down content deemed threatening to national security.