Balita.org: Your Premier Source for Comprehensive Philippines News and Insights! We bring you the latest news, stories, and updates on a wide range of topics, including politics, culture, economy, and more. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice expressed confidence that Timor-Leste's justice system will uphold its ruling granting the Philippine government's extradition request for expelled lawmaker Arnolfo Teves Jr., despite the latter's recent plea to petition the decision.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday said that electric cooperatives do not have a right to an exclusive franchise in an area.
A MANILA court has convicted Janet Lim Napoles for money laundering in connection with the pork barrel scam which she allegedly masterminded.
THE Sandiganbayan has thrown out a motion from defendant Dominico Borja, a former executive of the Herdis Management and Investment Corp., seeking the dismissal of a criminal charge for allegedly involving former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos in an unlawful transaction 42 years earlier.
MANILA, Philippines — Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte, former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and lawyer Manases Carpio – the husband of Vice President Sara Duterte – are facing a complaint of drug smuggling and graft in connection with a shipment of P6.4 billion worth of shabu in 2017.
FILIPINO seafarers and the challenges hounding their profession «was barely» in the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last July 22.
THE Federation of Free Workers (FFW) on Wednesday welcomed the decision of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct investigations in the country on the alleged crimes against humanity committed during the drug war of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Dear PAO, My uncle is employed by a prestigious corporation. Due to a business recession, the company retrenched a part of its workforce. In opposition to the retrenchment, some of its employees, including my uncle, staged a strike. Meanwhile, the government found the retrenchment to be justified but declared the strike to be illegal. As a result, the employees who participated in the illegal strike were considered to have lost their employment. While my uncle does not dispute the decision, he wants to know if he is entitled to separation pay, given that he served his former employer for 10 years. Lance