The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday defended the National Bureau of Investigation’s (NBI) investigation into the alleged funding irregularities involving the New Clark City sports complex built for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. DOJ spokesperson Polo Martinez said the NBI’s actions were based solely on its legal mandate. He issued the statement after Senator Pia Cayetano questioned NBI …
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has arrested a South Korean national wanted by the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) for allegedly operating a large-scale illegal online gambling syndicate in the Philippines. In a statement on Thursday, BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado identified the fugitive as Cho Yungeon, 52, who also used the alias Cho Min. He was arrested on July …
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The number of working children in the Philippines increased slightly in 2025, although it remained below the level recorded in 2023, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA estimated that 868,540 children aged five to 17 were working in 2025, up from 861,450 in 2024 but lower than the 1.09 million logged in 2023. Working children accounted for …
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The impeachment trial has exposed more than political divisions. It has also highlighted a troubling question that goes to the heart of the rule of law: Does justice apply equally to everyone, regardless of position? Malacañang recently pointed to the case of public school teacher Ronnel Mas, who has been detained since 2020 after posting on Twitter, now X, a …
Read More »Though one side of the Impeachment Court has the word Honorable prefixed before their names, being members of the august specimens of Senatus Populus Que Pilipinensis, and across them is the Witness Chair occupied by ordinary members of our Pambansang Mananaliksik (NBI), it is easy to conclude that shorn of their titles, garments and auras, both sets are employees of the Filipino people who pay them their salaries – the Honorables whoget a basic salary …
Read More »The succession of criminal cases leading to imprisonment involving prominent senators has become impossible to ignore. First came Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who went into hiding after an arrest warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). This was followed by the high-profile arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada over allegations related to anomalous flood control projects. More recently, Senator Rodante …
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The House prosecution panel said last week it remains focused on presenting evidence in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, insisting that proving the Articles of Impeachment—not counting votes—is its top priority. Speaking at a press briefing at the Senate, House prosecution legal spokesperson Atty. Jay Tolosa downplayed discussions on the 16-vote conviction threshold after Presiding Officer Sen. …
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Malacañang rejected the claim of Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal team that her alleged death threat against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was merely hypothetical, insisting the statement was deliberate, publicly made, and never denied by the Vice President herself. During a Palace briefing, Press Officer Claire Castro said Duterte’s own words contradict the defense raised during the ongoing Senate …
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House prosecution adviser and spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers commended National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Senior Agent John Mark Calilung last week for standing firm during what he described as an exhaustive cross-examination by the defense panel in the Senate impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Barbers said the defense’s lengthy questioning failed to weaken either the credibility of the …
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Senator Rodante Marcoleta will remain under the custody of the Philippine National Police General Hospital (PNPGH) as doctors continue to monitor his unstable medical condition while he faces separate criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan. PNPGH chief of Internal Medicine Lt. Col. Benaly Bayani said Thursday that Marcoleta’s latest medical examinations showed elevated cholesterol levels, mild pneumonia, and degenerative disc disease, …
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