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Senator Ronald Dela Rosa has urged his colleagues to restore the P10 billion budget cut of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization program in 2025. Dela Rosa said the House of Representatives slashed the AFP modernization budget from P50 billion to P40 billion. Dela Rosa criticized the lawmakers for reducing the budget even…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday that many of at least 37 powerful senators, members of Congress and wealthy businesspeople implicated in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects would be locked up in jail by Christmas, as he tried to quell public outrage and street protests. Marcos said an independent fact-finding…
President Marcos clarified that former House Speaker Martin Romualdez is not among the 37 individuals referred to the Ombudsman for corruption charges, but stressed that “no one is immune” from accountability as the investigation expands. In a press conference at Malacañan on Thursday, Nov. 13, the President said the list submitted by the Independent Commission…
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s year-long national calamity declaration will fast-track rehabilitation efforts across typhoon-ravaged regions in the country, but it may also carry corruption risks, analysts said on Monday. While the declaration may accelerate fund disbursement and disaster recovery, they warned that relaxed bidding rules could expose an already corruption-prone procurement process to further abuse….
Over 1,800 classrooms in at least 312 schools were damaged during Typhoon Uwan’s (international name: Fung Wong) onslaught in Luzon, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported on Monday. According to DepEd, most of the affected classrooms—1,182 in total—sustained minor damage, while 366 were heavily damaged and 261 were completely destroyed. Read More
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has suspended classes at all levels in both public and private schools for two days in the provinces of Luzon and the Visayas due to the forecasted major impact of Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) in the country. Under Memorandum Circular No. 106 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Sunday,…
MANILA, Philippines — Several flights for Sunday, November 9, and Monday, November 10, have been canceled due to the inclement weather brought by Super Typhoon Uwan, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) reported on Saturday. As of Sunday morning, 324 flights from November 8 to November 10 have been canceled. Read More…
Organizers of the September 21 protest are preparing a massive demonstration on November 30, Bonifacio Day, to demand accountability over alleged corruption in government flood control projects. In a radio interview, Bagong Alyansa Makabayan (BAYAN) President Renato Reyes said the September 21 protest was only the beginning, noting that the November 30 demonstration is expected…
At least 114 people have died and 127 remain missing in central Philippines after a typhoon caused destruction and widespread flooding, which local officials suggest could have been prevented if not for persistent graft in flood-control projects. Some 71 of the casualties were in the central province of Cebu, a province that was still recovering…
MANILA, Philippines – The search for the missing sabungeros (cockfighting enthusiasts) whose remains were reportedly dumped in Taal Lake resulted in the recovery of 981 bones, with 887 confirmed as human remains, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Included in the over 800 human bones are the three sets of human remains recovered at…