Manila: A 25-year-old Senate precedent in which only 13 senators were needed to concur in four treaties surfaced Wednesday as a possible guide in resolving the disputed voting threshold in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. Senate Majori…
Manila: The Department of Economy, Planning and Development (DEPDev) will kick off the first Regional Development Council (RDC) Week in Negros Island Region (NIR) here on Sept. 21. Aimed at promoting awareness of regional development initiatives in Ne…
Manila: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed blogger Rey Joseph ‘RJ’ Nieto, popularly known on social media as ‘Thinking Pinoy’, as assistant secretary in the Office of the Cabinet Secretary. Malaca±ang confirmed Nieto’s appointment, with E…
Manila: Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the plunder charge against him before the Sandiganbayan. During the proceedings via videoconferencing, the anti-graft court turned down the defense’s plea to postpone the…
Visayas: Two generating units of major coal-fired power plants remain in forced outage, prompting the continued red alert in the Visayas grid from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday. A yellow alert is also in effect from 4 p.m.