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ConCom mulls required college degree or equivalent for lawmakers

MANILA -- A sub-committee of President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s Consultative Committee (Con-com) to review the 1987 Constitution is inclined to require members of the two chambers of the Congress to have...

Palace hands off in Napoles case

Malacañang on Tuesday, March 20, asserted that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is not in any way influencing the possible admission of pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim-Napoles into the government’s Witness...

PNP completes probe on Tunisian ISIS suspect

MANILA -- Investigators have uncovered more information against Fehmi Lassqued, a.k.a. John Rasheed Lassqued, the suspected Tunisian terrorist who was arrested by Manila police and military intelligence operatives in an apartment...

Alvarez to convince PRRD to back divorce bill

MANILA -- House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez expressed optimism on Tuesday that President Rodrigo R. Duterte's objection to a proposed legislation legalizing divorce could be resolved and eventually gain his support. In a...

Aguirre junks dismissal of charges vs. Espinosa, Lim

MANILA -- Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Tuesday said he has ordered the scrapping of the dismissal of charges against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa, Peter Lim...

ConCom vows to be ‘personality blind’ in Cha-cha delibs

MANILA -- Former chief justice Reynato Puno, chairperson of the Consultative Committee (Con-com), which is tasked to review the 1987 Constitution, on Tuesday said the panel will be blind to any...

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