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Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez’s plan to develop the 37.2-hectare Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea at a cost of P3 billion has drawn the support of Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel.
Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Sunday lauded President’s style in addressing the problem of illegal drugs.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has issued a subpoena to Jeff Tumbado, the former executive assistant of suspended Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) chairman Teofilo Guadiz III, who recently recanted his allegations of corruption in the agency.
Veteran journalist Rollie Estabillo of the Manila Standard was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Publisher in recognition of his significant contributions to nation-building during the 5th National Convention of the Rank and File Employees of the Public attorney’s Office held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Oct. 11.
The whistleblower who accused the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board of having a “bribing system” yesterday recanted his claim that corruption went up as high as the Department of Transportation and Malacañang.
A transport group on Monday threatened to stage the “biggest” strike in the National Capital Region, Calabarzon on Oct. 16 to dramatize the supposed corruption in the franchise approval for public utility vehicles within the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.
As an early Christmas gift to commuters, the government will roll out its expanded “Libreng Sakay” or free ride program that will now include public utility jeepneys starting Nov. 1.