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Your ultimate insider pass to the lives of the country’s newsmakers. We've got the drama and stories you won't find anywhere else. Founded 2014.
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"DON'T QUESTION MY OPINION" 🙅🏻♂️ The Sept. 23 hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is off to a tense start after the committee chairman, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson, cuts Sen. Rodante Marcoleta off after Marcoleta questions the remarks he made about former
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Justice Secretary Boying Remulla, former DPWH Sec. Manuel Bonoan and former DPWH USec. Maria Catalina Cabral attends today's hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on anomalous flood control projects. (📸: Hannah Ty, BNC) Watch the hearing here: https://t.co/ltihQrG42f
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Vice President Sara Duterte took a playful yet biting jab at First Lady Liza Marcos, commenting that penguins are way prettier than her. READ: https://t.co/Q25KB46FMB
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has slapped a 30-day preventive suspension on its Baguio City district engineer for allegedly refusing to cooperate with the Marcos administration’s probe into anomalous flood control projects. https://t.co/lFP1BUQ4jV
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has slapped a 30-day preventive suspension on its Baguio City district engineer for allegedly refusing to cooperate with the Marcos administration’s...
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May tinatago? ICI bares alleged record tampering in DPWH over flood control scandal https://t.co/9Eue5sG8rH
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has slammed reports of “widespread destruction and tampering” of documents at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), calling it a...
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Nineteen government websites were hacked and defaced amid protest actions marking the Sept. 21 martial law anniversary, but there is “no evidence of a data breach,” the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Monday. https://t.co/UnUZ82dnzS
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Nineteen government websites were hacked and defaced amid protest actions marking the Sept. 21 martial law anniversary, but there is “no evidence of a data breach,” the Department of Information and...
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Kailangan na ng resbak! DPWH calls in cops, soldiers to verify ‘ghost’ flood control projects https://t.co/AhuXfsKnMx
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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has sought the help of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of National Defense (DND) in its sweeping...
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Indonesian government puts out full page newspaper ad on military’s expanded role https://t.co/9qZ9IEtPL8
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Indonesia's defence ministry put out a full-page advertisement in the country's largest newspaper on Monday, detailing and defending key non-defence programmes being run by the military, amid...
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The leader of the Unification Church religious empire, Han Hak-ja, faced a court in South Korea on Monday that is considering a warrant to detain her in a probe of the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol for corruption. https://t.co/bgWJnUk14b
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The leader of the Unification Church religious empire, Han Hak-ja, faced a court in South Korea on Monday that is considering a warrant to detain her in a probe of the wife of ousted President Yoon...
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The race to choose the next leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially kicked off on Monday, with five lawmakers vying to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. https://t.co/TeZY1fdUp8
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The race to choose the next leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party officially kicked off on Monday, with five lawmakers vying to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
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Health-focused non-governmental organisations on Monday urged the government to temporarily halt President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free school meals programme, days after 500 children became sick in the biggest mass food poisoning outbreak so far. https://t.co/AMukDsIP5s
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Health-focused non-governmental organisations on Monday urged the government to temporarily halt President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free school meals programme, days after 500 children became sick...
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Singapore said on Monday it will impose targeted sanctions on leaders of Israeli settler groups and would recognise a Palestine state under the right conditions. https://t.co/icxrrQGtvx
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Singapore said on Monday it will impose targeted sanctions on leaders of Israeli settler groups and would recognise a Palestine state under the right conditions.
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Three stalwarts of the Duterte-led PDP-Laban and a former Manila lawmaker tagged in a sexual harassment scandal reportedly masterminded of the anti-corruption rallies in Manila on Sunday (September 21), Politiko has learned. An Iskooper said authorities are investigating the
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Malacanang has suspended work in government offices and classes at all levels in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur on Tuesday, September 23 in anticipation of the heavy rains from Super Typhoon “Nando.” #NandoPH
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Malacanang has suspended work in government offices and classes at all levels in Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur on Tuesday, September 23 in anticipation of the heavy rains from Super Typhoon “Nando.”
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The Budget Amendments Review Subcommittee (BARSc) of the House Committee on Appropriations has realigned to different government programs the P255.5 billion removed from flood control projects under the proposed 2026 national budget. | via @Leifbilly
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The Budget Amendments Review Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations has realigned to different government programs the P255.5 billion removed from flood control projects under the...
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The Budget Amendments Review subcommittee (BARSc) of the House Committee on Appropriations has approved an additional P60 billion subsidy for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) under the proposed 2026 national budget. | via @Leifbilly
https://t.co/Zpkb6VUnsP
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The Budget Amendments Review subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations has approved an additional P60 billion subsidy for PhilHealth under the proposed 2026 national budget.
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Budget cuts, billions diverted: Ateneo wants Escudero, Romualdez, Bersamin, COA under ICI probe https://t.co/QIuwHFTCYp
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The Ateneo School of Government urged the independent commission probing infrastructure anomalies to include former Senate President Francis Escudero, former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, other...
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‘Complicity in corruption’: Ateneo calls out House, OP, Senate over ‘exponential’ budget spike since 2016 https://t.co/6MSxcHZHny
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The Ateneo School of Government has slammed the "complicity" of government leaders in flagrant corrupt practices, noting that House, Senate, and Office of the President have benefited from budget...
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House panel OKs P22.5B additional budget for classrooms | via @Leifbilly
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The Budget Amendments Review subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee approved an additional P22.5 billion for DepEd’s Basic Education Facilities, the allocation for the construction of new...
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