Duterte gives up OVP confidential fund
(UPDATE) VICE President Sara Duterte has given up her office's request for a P500-million confidential fund (CF) to end the divisiveness it has generated.
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Press Release - Cayetano: Better to tweak the old curriculum than continue K-12 with dismal quality
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday said it is much better to have a tweaked version of the country's old curriculum than stick with K-12 and continue to experience a dismal quality of education.
Press Release - Tolentino: Post-elex training for new brgy officials mission-critical
MANILA - Senator Francis "Tol" Tolentino underscored on Thursday that the training of the newly elected Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials is mission-critical as they will implement laws relating to significant issues in their respective constituencies.
Press Release - Bato to DepEd: continue fight against CPP-NPA-NDF recruitment in schools despite lack of CIF
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa made an appeal to the education department to guard minors against the recruitment of leftist groups regardless of the absence of confidential funds.
After Congress pushback, Sara withdraws confidential funds request
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte has dropped her request for P650 million-worth of confidential funds in the proposed budget for next year following months of widespread pushback that led her to tag critics as “enemies of the people.”
Japanese companies threatening to pull out due to VAT refund issues
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 8) — Some Japanese companies are threatening to pull out from the Philippines because of tax refund issues, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Wednesday.
Controversy Erupts as Budapest Museum Director Fired Over LGBTQ Exhibition
< 1 min read In Budapest, controversy surrounds the World Press Photo exhibition, where minors are barred from viewing five LGBTQ-themed photographs captured by Filipino photojournalist Hannah Reyes Morales, depicting the lives of older LGBTQ+ individuals in the Philippines.
Swiss museum shows controversial Nazi-era art collection
Zurich, Switzerland — A top Swiss museum has run into trouble showing an art collection acquired in questionable circumstances during World War II, with some saying its attempt to put it "in context" does not focus enough on the fate of the art's former Jewish owners.