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P1.32-T LGU tax share to take SONA spotlight

MANILA — Local government units (LGUs) are set to receive their biggest-ever share of national taxes, with the National Tax Allotment (NTA) projected to...
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla say a 14-year-old Grade 10 student of Tolosa National High School in Leyte made Facebook posts suggesting plans to carry out a mass shooting or stabbing.

DILG: Police foil alleged school attack plot in Leyte

MANILA — Authorities moved swiftly to prevent a suspected copycat attack at a Leyte high school after tracking down a student who allegedly posted...
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DOJ okays 44 tax cases vs ex-DPWH ‘BGC Boys’ over P1.68-B alleged tax liabilities

MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to file 44 criminal tax evasion cases against three former Department of Public...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is receptive to legislative measures that would restrict minors’ access to violent online games, particularly after reports that one of the suspects in the fatal Tacloban City school shooting frequently played a violent online game now under government scrutiny.

PBBM open to banning violent online games

MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is open to banning violent online games and reviewing the minimum age of criminal responsibility following the deadly...
The Police Regional Office 8 has taken into custody two junior high school students – one 15 years old (left) and the other 14 year sold – involved in the shooting incident at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, on June 22, 2026. PHOTOS FROM PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY/FACEBOOK

15-year-old faces criminal rap over Tacloban school shooting

MANILA — Authorities have filed a criminal complaint against a 15-year-old student involved in the deadly shooting at a public high school in Tacloban...
Policemen search a classroom at San Jose National High School after a shooting incident on Monday morning, June 22, that left three students dead and over 10 others injured. Authorities have arrested two suspects. PNA

AFTER TACLOBAN SHOOTING, CAVITE STABBINGS: DepEd reviews school security nationwide

MANILA — The Department of Education (DepEd) has launched a nationwide review of school security measures following the deadly Tacloban City school shooting and...
The Philippine National Police has shared this photo of the two minor suspects in the deadly shooting at a public high school in Tacloban City that left three students dead and several others wounded.

Immediate school safety reforms pushed after fatal Tacloban shooting

MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio on Tuesday called for urgent government action to strengthen school safety measures nationwide following the deadly shooting at...
Only 106 votes, or a third of the 318-member House of Representatives, are needed to send the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio to the Senate, which will sit as an impeachment court. If convicted, Duterte-Carpio could be removed from office and banned from public office for life.

Dynasties, contractors may be barred from party-list posts under House bill

MANILA – Political dynasties, government contractors, incumbent officials, and former election candidates could soon be disqualified from serving as party-list nominees under a proposed...
International Criminal Court Trial Chamber Presiding Judge Joanna Korner says, “We see no reason why counsel should feel it necessary to make any comment to the media. The appropriate forum for counsel to raise matters is in the courtroom.” ICC-CPI

ICC warns all lawyers in Duterte case against media comments

MANILA — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warning to lawyers involved in the crimes against humanity case against former President Rodrigo...
NO WATER. Residents of Florentino Street in Sampaloc, Manila queue up with their plastic containers to collect clean water from a water tanker. Government agencies have been ordered to intensify drought mitigation measures as the country braces for a prolonged El Niño. PNA

PBBM flags El Niño threat until 2027, orders aggressive drought defenses

MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday raised the alarm over a possible prolonged El Niño phenomenon that could persist until 2027, directing...