Liam Demafelix
Reporting from the TSR newsroom.
Jinggoy Estrada, ex-DPWH officials face plunder raps over flood control scam
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended plunder and graft charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada and several former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials over an alleged conspiracy to manipulate the 2025 national infrastructure budget and siphon funds from flood control…
Rwandan genocide suspect dies in The Hague at 90
Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a U.N. court said on Saturday. He was 93. Kabuga was arrested in France in 2020 after more than two decades on the run and extradited to The Hague. He was later ruled unfit to stand trial because of dementia and was…
Some Magdalo members ditch Trillanes to join Honasan’s ‘Reform PH Party’ alongside former rebels, Muslim fighters
A breakaway group from former Senator Antonio Trillanes’ Magdalo has ditched the organization to join former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan’s newly launched Reform PH Party, alongside veterans of the EDSA People Revolution, former fighters from the armed component of the left, the former Alex…
Gringo Honasan launches ‘Reform PH Party’ with roots in Magdalo, former rebels, and Muslim returnees
Former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan has launched a new political party—the Reform PH Party—with roots in the Magdalo movement, drawing together veterans linked to the group, returnees from armed left organizations, and Muslim rebel returnees who have laid down their arms, all committed to…
Mariel Rodriguez drops cryptic post about a ‘bad person’ with ‘good actions’
TV host Mariel Padilla sparked online buzz after sharing a cartoon on her Instagram Story showing a man pointing at another man labeled as “bad,” while his “good actions” go unnoticed. Padilla posted the cartoon on Friday, May 18. The illustration was originally shared by an Instagram page called…
Gringo Honasan: Fidel Ramos is the gold standard of Filipino leadership, and the country needs that model now
In the middle of one of the most turbulent weeks in recent Philippine political history, former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan reached back four decades to find the model of leadership the country needs right now—and the name he came up was a former president who once spent two hours over…
Gringo Honasan explains why the Philippines keeps reliving the same political crises
Forty years after EDSA, the Philippines finds itself in the middle of another political crisis—a Senate shooting, an ICC arrest warrant, a leadership shakeup, and an impeachment trial all converging in a single week—and former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, who has lived through more of these…
Gringo Honasan warns all sides: Do not manipulate, influence, or weaponize the impeachment process
Former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan issued a stern warning to all sides of the political divide, saying the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte must not be turned into a weapon for partisan politics—and that the constitutional process must be allowed to run its course without…
Senate crisis cost country precious time meant for real problems of ordinary Filipinos, says Honasan
The Senate shooting incident and the political storm surrounding it have cost the country something far more valuable than any political narrative being built around it—the time and focus that should have been devoted to the real and enduring problems of ordinary Filipinos, former Senator Gregorio…
Ex-senator Gringo Honasan refuses to conclude Senate was under attack, urges all to wait for investigation
Former Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan on Saturday, May 16 refused to conclude that the Senate was under attack during the shooting incident on the night of May 13, urging the public to await the results of the ongoing investigation rather than accept any premature characterization of the event.…
Ex-PNP chief Nicolas Torre slams Ralph Calinisan for turning NAPOLCOM into ‘venue of trial by publicity’
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Nicolas Torre III on Friday, May 15, slammed National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) Commissioner Ralph Calinisan, accusing him of conducting “trial by publicity” and rendering…
NGCP: Mindanao power reserve thinning, new plants needed
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has warned that Mindanao’s power reserve margin is gradually thinning, and that new power plants must be built to prevent the region from sliding back into prolonged brownouts. NGCP spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Alabanza raised the concern…
Brownouts possible in remaining weeks of May, NGCP warns
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has warned the public to brace for possible brownouts in the remaining weeks of May, citing the high probability of yellow and red alert conditions across the country’s major power grids. When asked whether Filipinos should expect alert conditions…
Filipinos can expect uninterrupted power today, says NGCP
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said Filipinos can expect uninterrupted power supply this Saturday, with no yellow or red alert declared for any of the country’s three major grids. NGCP spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Alabanza confirmed the status during an interview on DZRH News…
Filipino farmers get steady buyer as President Marcos sources rice program from local producers
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is ensuring Filipino rice farmers have a steady and guaranteed market by requiring local government units to source the supply of his administration’s free rice program directly from local producers, bypassing traders and middlemen under the government’s Sagip…