‘Bolster judiciary to uphold order’
by Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Sen. Francis Pangilinan has a solution to the extrajudicial killings taking place in the country: speed up the...
3 Davao bombing suspects arrested
MANILA – Defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced on Friday the arrest of three members of the Maute Group who are allegedly behind the bombing...
Defense minister: PH can cope sans US military aid
MANILA – US-Philippines ties are going through "bumps on the road", however, the Philippine military has the capacity to stay afloat even if treaty...
Witnesses assert Leila link to drugs
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – Witnesses in the House of Representatives’ inquiry on the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison insisted Sen. Leila...
House OKs 2017 ‘budget for change’
BY JULIO YAP JR.
MANILA – Through viva voce voting, the House of Representatives approved the P3.35-trillion proposed national budget for 2017 on Wednesday night.
Dubbed...
Mental health law pushed
MANILA – The Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia without a comprehensive mental health law, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
On Thursday Hontiveros...
‘Prioritize pay hike for teachers’
BY Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
MANILA – The Senate Committee on Education has been urged to immediately start its hearings on the proposals to increase...
Angara urges fellow senators: Show restraint, mutual respect
BY Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Senators have been asked to exercise restraint in their investigation into the rising number of alleged extrajudicial killings...
De Lima defends her Senate probe walkout
BY Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Sen. Leila de Lima defended her act of walking out as "my best way of expression of protest."
Criticized...
Terminate Senate EJK probe – Alan
BY Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano has urged the committee investigating the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the Philippines to...