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Palace awaits DOJ assessment on Napoles entry to WPP

MANILA -- Malacañang will wait for the assessment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the application of alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles for full coverage under the government’s Witness Protection...

PACC wants dismissal of fiscals who junked case vs. Lim, Espinosa

MANILA -- The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) on Tuesday recommended the preventive suspension of all prosecutors involved in the dismissal of the criminal complaint filed against businessman Peter Lim, confessed drug...

‘Caloy’ expected to leave PAR Wednesday: PAGASA

MANILA -- Tropical Storm "Caloy" is forecast to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Wednesday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. In a phone interview Tuesday,...

PNP, PDEA to give drug war data to ICC if given ‘go signal’

MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will provide the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the government’s data on the Duterte administration's campaign against...

Watchdog wants participatory governance in budget reform bill

MANILA -- Budget watchdog, Social Watch Philippines (SWP) on Tuesday stressed the need to provide greater access to public financial information and mechanisms for people's participation in the proposed Budget Reform...

PDEA seeks probe into links between drug syndicates, rights groups

MANILA – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) will look into the possibility that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may have become “unwitting tools” by drug lords to discredit the government’s war on...

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