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Duterte presented a sheet paper showing the actual account number: 11780-00281-60-2. He said the actual number was earlier revealed by Communications Asst. Sec. Mocha Uson and broadcaster Erwin Tulfo. Duterte presented a sheet paper showing the actual account number: 11780-00281-60-2. He said the actual number was earlier revealed by Communications Asst. Sec. Mocha Uson and broadcaster Erwin Tulfo. President Rodrigo Duterte said he read out the wrong account number to fool Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who visited a bank in Singapore in an effort to debunk the chief executive's allegations about his supposed hidden wealth. But Duterte said that the number he read out in an earlier interview, 178000296012, was made up. Duterte said Trillanes also used the wrong account number in one of his bank account waivers. "Sinadya ko iyan," he said. Duterte also said no bank would be "crazy" to release details of accounts. "Kita mo siya ngayon. He's d...

“September 21 is not a holiday. I have declared it as a [National] Day of Protest. All who want to stage protests against the government, police, military and everyone, come down here and launch a rally,” the President said after his wake visit to a policeman who died in a anti-drug operation in Caloocan City. Duterte said he was merely declaring September 21, Thursday, as “National Day of Protest,” which will allow any Filipino citizens to demonstrate mass protests all throughout the country. Duterte’s statement came after he made a recent pronouncement that he was mulling to declare a “holiday,” in anticipation of the conduct of massive rally on the 45th anniversary commemoration of martial law imposed by Marcos. The President also reminded the communists not to commit crimes and violent acts when they stage protests. “The red army, come down here, I will not arrest you. I will not arrest you but for the life of me I am asking you. Do not commit crimes. No vandalism. No any ...

Former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada   was officially released past 1 p.m. Saturday after posting a P1.33-million bail for plunder and graft charges. after undergoing processing at the Sandiganbayan. He had left the Philippine National Police Custodial Center at 12:28 p.m., some three hours since his legal team posted bail. The Sandiganbayan on Friday had allowed Estrada to post bail after being detained for more than three years on graft and plunder charges.  The former senator is accused of pocketing P183 million in kickbacks out of his pork barrel disbursements that went to fake projects, purportedly with help from alleged scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles. Estrada,  through his lawyers, paid a P1.33-million bail – P1 million for his plunder charge, as set by the Special 5th Division which granted his bail petition on Friday; and P330,000 for 11 counts of graft or P33,000 for each count. He had been detained at the Philippine National Police headqu...

This development came after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) - NCR issued Wage Order NCR-21, which ups the minimum wage in Metro Manila from P491 to P512. "The wage rates shall apply to all minimum wage earners in the private sector in the region regardless of their position, designation, or status of employment and irrespective of the method of which they are paid," said the NCR wage board. MORE than six million workers in Metro Manila will get a P21 wage increase starting next month after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) agreed to raise the P491 daily minimum salary to P512. The wage board said the new rates shall apply to “all minimum wage earners in the private sector in the region, regardless of their position, designation, or status of employment and irrespective of the method of which they are paid.” The minimum daily wage in NCR for non-agricultural workers will now be at P512 f...

"Making our toll systems interoperable will definitely bring a new level of convenience to our motorists, especially during peak seasons," the Cabinet official noted. Toll road companies and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) on Wednesday signed agreement unifying the toll collection system for a seamless travel experience. The government is currently in talks with operators of 13 expressways in Luzon and expects the Toll Collection Interoperability Agreement to be signed within this month. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade led the signing of the Toll Collection Interoperability Agreement with toll road companies that are operating 13 expressways in Luzon "Our expressways are managed by different companies. But they have always demonstrated that they are willing to work together and work with the government if that means giving motorists, their customers, a better travel experience," Tugade said. It will take ...

“Hindi ko siya bibigyan ng pagkakataon because that might be considered as a waiver on my part ng constitutional right ko. Mag-focus kami doon sa whether she violated my right to private communication,” ayon kay  Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre Sa ilalim ng Konstitusyon ang Sandiganbayan ay isang special court na may hurisdiksiyon kaugnay sa kasong kriminal at civil case, kasama na rin ang graft and corruptions. Sasampahan ng kasong wiretapping ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre si Senator Risa Hontiveros sa Sandiganbayan kasunod ng ginawa nitong paglabag sa kanyang ‘privacy’. Gayundin, maghahain si Justice Secretary Aguirre ng civil case sa Regional Trial Court at hihingi ng danyos. Bukod pa sa ethics complaint na ihahain niya sa Senado. Ipinaliwanag ni  Justice Secretary  Aguirre sa panayam sa Radyo Inquirer na ‘private communications’ ang text messaging at anumang hindi otorisadong ‘intrusion’ ay maituturing na ilegal. Dagdag pa ni  Justi...

"While a President of the Republic is certainly possessed with broad discretionary powers, the exercise thereof must not, however, be done in violation of a law or laws, much less when such constitutes a crime," Morales said in her resolution signed on September 11. The Ombudsman ordered to file a case against previous Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. T hey ordered to file a case against the previous president of the Philippines, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, because of the still unresolved dilemma in the Mamasapano tragedy. Mamasapano incident is a clash between the military and the extremists that unfortunately caused 44  deaths from the troops and the heroes who sacrificed their lives to save the country was called as the “Fallen 44”. The SAF 44 families' lawyers from the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) appealed the earlier indictment to include the homicide charges, which would have been equivalent to a 176-year jail ti...