19+ hour, 21+ min ago   (382+ words) Philippine General Hospital spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario said they were still finishing medical tests on the lawmaker, as of Sunday morning, Sept. 13. The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is set to submit its medical report on former House speaker and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (683+ words) The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has readied a detention cell for former House speaker Martin Romualdez, but his doctor said he must at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center due to high risk of heart attack. The Sandiganbayan ordered…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (451+ words) Lawyer Ade Fajardo said former House speaker Martin Romualdez is not seeking any special treatment but is only asking “for the same due process and fair hearing guaranteed to every Filipino.” Leyte congressman and former speaker Martin Romualdez is prepared…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1346+ words) “We will bring him (former House speaker Martin Romualdez) to (the New Quezon City Jail in) Payatas (Quezon City) at the proper time if the doctor says he is fit…His room in Payatas is waiting for him,” Interior Secretary…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1229+ words) Palace press officer Claire Castro said the Department of Public Works and Highways is updating existing frameworks, noting that the master plans developed during the 1930s and 1940s may no longer be useful. The government will now implement a flood master plan…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla had moved for former public works and highways secretary Manuel Bonoan’s exclusion from the charges to become witness in the cases being readied against former House speaker Martin Romualdez. The Sandiganbayan has allowed the exclusion of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (303+ words) The massive flooding being experienced in Metro Manila and various areas in the country is the result of decades of failure to follow the 1941 master plan, according to a University of the Philippines expert. UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) executive director…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (261+ words) During an inspection of the Sunog Apog facility in Tondo, Manila on Sunday, Aug. 30, Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon found that stolen high-voltage cables rendered the pumping station inoperative since Saturday, Aug. 29. Stolen cables, valves and manhole covers…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (563+ words) Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David urged Filipinos to help document and validate government infrastructure projects by joining the Bisto Proyekto advocacy initiative. The country is facing an absurd situation where some of the most heavily flooded communities are also…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (260+ words) Sen. Panfilo Lacson vowed to scrutinize the P107.4-billion flood control allocation for the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for next year. Lacson said the recent flooding in and around Metro Manila is…...