Veloso’s mom in disbelief after Marcos’ absolute pardon

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s brother, Davao Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, along with former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, will be among the prosecution’s next set of witnesses for the impeachment trial. Counsel for the prosecution Benjamin Tolosa Jr. confirmed in a press briefing on Friday that after Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Division Chief

MANILA, Philippines — Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon’s acting capacity was questioned during his department’s budget hearing at the Senate on Friday. This refers to the expiration of his one-year term limit and absence of a reappointment from the president. Sen. Imee Marcos grilled Dizon, asking about the status of his appointment, citing

CALAPAN CITY— Twelve community members in Sibuyan Island have received subpoenas from the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Romblon over criminal complaints filed by an employee of Altai Philippines Mining Corp. (APMC) over their July 6 protest against the proposed mining project. The Barikada ng Mamamayan ng Sibuyan said on Thursday that the complaints

MANILA, Philippines — Questions on alleged red-tagging and human rights violations hounded a military official when he faced his confirmation hearing before the Commission on Appointments (CA) on Friday. Sen. Risa Hontiveros raised the issues during the CA’s Committee on National Defense hearing, asking Army Maj. Gen. Joey Escanillas to respond to allegations contained in

MANILA, Philippines — Authorities have recovered the motorcycle allegedly used by a riding-in-tandem gunmen who fired several shots at a woman’s vehicle along Chino Roces Avenue in Makati City. The shooting, which left the victim wounded, occurred around 6:50 a.m. on Thursday along Chino Roces Avenue in front of Unibank and BDO, beside Oriental Place

EXCLUSIVE: Rappler speaks to former overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso as she is finally granted freedom after 16 years

Former OFW Mary Jane Veloso has been freed from the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong hours after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced that he had signed her absolute pardon.

TACLOBAN CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. inspected the newly reconstructed Felipe Abrigo Memorial Hospital (FAMH) in Guiuan, Eastern Samar on Friday, more than a decade after Super Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ destroyed the original facility in November 2013. Marcos visited the 25-bed “authorized “Level 1 public hospital in Barangay Poblacion Ward 9-A during his first

MANILA, Philippines — The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte will proceed despite a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the Senate impeachment court’s new ruling on the voting threshold, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said Friday. Gatchalian said the Senate impeachment court would continue with the proceedings as long as there is no temporary

MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has made clear that Sen. Mark Villar remains in the minority, after the latter did not vote along with the minority bloc in the impeachment court last Wednesday. Villar joined the majority bloc in voting against presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s previous ruling that the vote required

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has granted an absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso, paving the way for her release from prison on Friday, nearly 16 years after she was arrested and sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.

MANILA, Philippines — Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon reported on Friday that there are no ghost projects in Taguig City. His statement affirmed the assertions of Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano. During the Senate finance subcommittee’s hearing on the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Cayetano asked Dizon