Solon: Appropriations panel obeyed rules on reporting 2027 budget tweaks

MABALACAT CITY — Pampanga 1st District Rep. Carmelo Lazatin Jr. has asked the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to investigate the torture of a dog allegedly involving a private school official in Angeles City. In an Oct. 7 letter to CHEd Chairperson Shirley Agrupis, the congressman asked the agency to determine the supposed involvement of

REINA MERCEDES, Isabela — Reina Mercedes, Isabela Vice Mayor Jeryll Harold Respicio on Wednesday (October 7) has been cleared by a P28,000 drug test at the St. Luke Medical Center in Quezon City. After he got the results on Wednesday (October 7), the local official joked that Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla should now reimburse him.  “Jonvic,

LUCENA CITY — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) intercepted 12 kilos of suspected shabu (crystal methamphetamine) at the Batangas City port on Wednesday morning (Oct. 7). The joint operation led to the arrest of four men, aged 18, 29, 30 and 41. The suspects are residents of Malate

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s counsel made a commitment to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to appear on Thursday and submit the vice president’s affidavit, according to Director Melvin Matibag. The affidavit Matibag mentioned is in response to the “cash delivery” allegations made by dismissed police officer Rodulfo Gracioso Jr., implicating Duterte.

MANILA, Philippines — If Vice President Sara Duterte indeed had P96 million in joint time deposit accounts with her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, the amount should have been reflected in her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said. Testifying before the Senate impeachment court on Wednesday, Bank of

The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte distanced her from the activities recorded under her BPI joint account with her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, involving purchased and unused manager"s checks and a payout to alleged drug lord Sammy Uy.

MANILA, Philippines — The August Twenty-One Movement (Atom) on Wednesday denounced President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his trip to Singapore, where he is expected to attend the Formula 1 Grand Prix, as Filipinos grapple with rising fuel and electricity prices. In a statement, the group described Marcos as an “apathetic, indifferent, carefree” leader and questioned his

MANILA, Philippines – ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio on Wednesday said a special committee that drafted proposed amendments to the spending bill violated an internal parliamentary rule when it failed to issue a detailed budget tweak report, as the House of Representatives began second reading consideration on the 2027 spending measure. Tinio sought clarification from

MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida on Wednesday called on Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste to return to the Philippines and submit to court jurisdiction, warning that failing to follow judicial orders directly disrespects the country’s legal process. “If we disobey the court’s orders, we are disrespecting the system,” Vida said. The Makati

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Two 17-year-old boys died while another teenager was injured early Wednesday morning after their motorcycle crashed into a parked fuel tanker along the national highway in Barangay Luna, Surigao City. In a phone interview, Lt. Col. Mariano Lukban, chief of the Surigao Component City Police Station (SCCPS), said the

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Troops of the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (53IB) recovered an arms cache and war materiel in Barangay Dalapan, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, military officials reported. The 53IB said the location of the hidden stash in Purok 3 was disclosed during a custodial debriefing with Florencio Sayamba,