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Dam water levels continue to decline: PAGASA
Water levels in most dams continue to decline amid rising temperatures this summer, state weather bureau PAGASA reported on Tuesday, May 19. Based on PAGASA’s 8 a.m. dam monitoring update, the water level in Angat Dam declined by 0.38 meters to 177.41 meters from 177.79 meters on Monday. Angat…
Marcos reaffirms one China policy, says PH will not be dragged into conflict with Taiwan
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reaffirmed the Philippines’ adherence to the One China Policy and said the country will not be dragged into any conflict involving Taiwan — even as he warned that hostilities in the strait would directly affect northern Luzon, according to state-run Philippine…
Matibag blasts Cayetano: ‘Bakit, gusto ba namin tibagin ang Senado?’
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag pushed back against Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s remark that the bureau had failed to “undermine” the Senate. On Monday, May 18, the NBI chief stressed that the NBI’s actions were rooted in law enforcement and not directed at…
Lacson calls for unrelenting public vigilance as Senate opens impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, May 19 called on the public to remain vigilant and unrelenting in its scrutiny of the Senate’s impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Lacson said the chamber’s formal convening as an impeachment court on Monday marked a welcome…
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…
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…
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…