METRO MANILA – The Philippine government’s COVID-19 task force is preparing for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine once it is made available. According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr., the newly form task group was prescribed by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) for the effective management and distribution of vaccines as well …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Tuesday that Metro Manila will remain under the General Community Quarantine status until November 30, even with the local government seeking to revive the battered economy. In a taped speech aired Tuesday morning, President Duterte opposed the possibility of Metro Manila easing to a more relaxed restriction as the mayors in the …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte, while he has claimed to have never killed anyone, says  he has no problem with being held responsible for the thousands of killings under his government’s war on drugs, while adding that he was even ready to go to jail. In a television remarks on Monday, Duterte said that he does not mind facing …

METRO MANILA – Public Works Secretary Mark Villar has created a task force to investigate reportedly rampant corruption into by employees and officials in the agency. The decision to form a task force came in after a state auditors flagged over P100 billion worth of unimplemented projects in 2019. Secretary Villar creates DPWH Task Force against graft and corruption pic.twitter.com/dfFO9c0eyo— …

METRO MANILA – The House of Representatives approved on Friday the P4.506 trillion national budget for 2021, paving the way for the for the senate to discussed the bill hopefully in the next session. The lower chamber approved the plan on the third reading with a vote of 257-6. The Senate urged the House to submit the bill to the …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has ended the ban on oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed on Thursday. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said that the president approved the department’s recommendation to lift the ban that was placed in 2013. He thanked the President’s approval for the recommendation as they need …

METRO MANILA – A total of 186 congressmen, a majority of the 299 members of the House of Representatives, have elected Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco to unseat Alan Peter Cayetano as the new Speaker in a session held outside the House of Representatives. The election, which described by allies of Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano “illegal.”, happened at the Celebrity …

METRO MANILA –  The administration faction supporting Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco is plotting a move to unseat Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano as the House Speaker, saying the lower chamber needs a leader that has a heart of a public servant, and not with a heart of a tyrant.” Velasco’s camp cited that they have 187 house members supporting them, …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Court of Appeals Associate Justice Ricardo Rosario as Supreme Court associate justice. He will be replacing Associate Justice Jose Reyes, Jr., who retired last September. According to Supreme Court spokesman Brian Keith Hosaka, they have yet to received a copy of the appointment papers. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed Rosario’s appointment on …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday vowed to settle the House speakership row if the members of the House of Representatives failed to resolve the crisis brought upon by the speakership squabble between Allan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. The President appealed to the lawmakers to refrain from any “political moves” that could risk the …