18+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1261+ words) The constitutional dispute is ultimately about whether a fixed Senate denominator can cause a two-thirds requirement to operate as a substantially higher threshold By Francis Allan L Angelo and Joseph Ledesma Ladrido The arithmetic becomes less straightforward when some senators…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (528+ words) BACOLOD CITY — Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson ordered the suspension of work at Provincial Capitol offices Wednesday afternoon after an individual allegedly threatened to shoot employees around noon. Provincial Legal Officer Alberto Nellas Jr. said his office received reports…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (412+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo and Joseph Ledesma Ladrido After 21 completed trial days, our outlook on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte has moved clearly on the merits but only slightly on the probability of actual conviction. The evidence now…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (561+ words) By Jennifer P. Rendon ILOILO CITY — There is much that young people can do to help make schools safer. Police Regional Office 6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño highlighted the role of young people in building safer learning environments during the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1092+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo The Philippines has undertaken major reforms and increased investments in education, health, social protection, and skills development, but stronger institutions are needed to ensure that these investments translate into sustained productivity and economic transformation, according to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1125+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo MANILA – The share of Filipinos who believe Vice President Sara Duterte is guilty of the impeachment charges rose from 34.3% to 36.3% between the weeks of Aug. 10 to 16 and Aug. 17 to 23, according to the second wave of Pulso…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (448+ words) BACOLOD CITY — Police are preparing drug charges against a 67-year-old retired firefighter arrested in a recent buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Marivic Delos Reyes, deputy chief of the Hinoba-an Municipal Police Station, said a criminal complaint…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (557+ words) By Mariela Angella Oladive ILOILO CITY — Seven fishing boats and their equipment valued at PHP 910,000 were seized in separate anti-illegal fishing operations in Concepcion and San Dionisio, Iloilo, on Aug. 22 and 23. The Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force said three…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (665+ words) BACOLOD CITY — Police are investigating a threat against another upland public high school and its teacher-in-charge in Barangay Magballo, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, over the weekend. Police Lt. Nolly Gudaca, deputy chief of the Kabankalan City Police Station, said an…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) By Felipe V. Celino ROXAS CITY, Capiz — A 40-year-old man was arrested Sunday afternoon, Aug. 23, for allegedly possessing an unlicensed firearm and suspected shabu in Purok 3, Barangay Acbo, Sigma, Capiz. Police identified the suspect as alias “John,” 40, a resident of Barangay…...