Hontiveros: Guo has ties with criminals
BY RAYMOND AFRICA and VICTOR REYES
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DILG recommends Guo’s suspension
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has recommended putting Bamban Mayor Alice Guo under preventive suspension for alleged “serious illegal acts” involving Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO).
Blocs choose Sulu governor for BARMM chief minister in 2025 midterm polls
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — An influential bloc of politicians on Saturday anointed Sulu Gov. Hadji Abdusakur Tan Sr. as bet for chief minister of the 80-member regional parliament during next year’s first ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Marcos: All Tarlac politicians don't know Alice Guo
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday that no single politician from Tarlac knows Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and that the government has been investigating her for some time over her alleged dubious records.
EDITORIAL - Keep politicians away from AKAP
The implementing rules and regulations for the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program are out, although distribution of the aid has not yet started, according to the agency in charge of AKAP, the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The DSWD has been allocated P26.7 billion under the national budget this year to implement AKAP, whose intended beneficiaries are low-income minimum wage earners who have been severely affected by rising inflation.
DSWD won’t allow politicians to distribute AKAP cash aid
MANILA, Philippines — Politicians are barred from participating in the actual distribution of cash aid under the Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), the controversial assistance program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Batangas governor Mandanas, 80, weds lawyer, 32
MANILA, Philippines — Batangas Gov. Hermilando Mandanas, 80, married 32-year-old lawyer Angelica Chua on Wednesday.