Warning that the city is playing "Russian roulette" with the lives of its poorest residents, Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña on Tuesday launched an aggressive bid to freeze a massive upland real estate development.

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City Government will investigate the offices and individuals involved in the allegedly irregular or “ghost” sale of 10 parcels of land in Barangay Cambaro that the city purchased. Mandaue City Administrator Atty. Gonzalo Malig-on Jr. said that he received the City Legal Office’s initial report early this month. It

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday ordered a thorough investigation into claims that a member of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), who later died, was denied benefits due to the state insurer’s 24-hour confinement rule. The issue stemmed from a viral social media post by Maria Lourdes Sulit, whose husband needed an operation estimated to

MANILA, Philippines — Officials from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) may be called as hostile witnesses in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro said in a statement on Tuesday. Luistro issued the statement after the House prosecution panel filed the pre-trial brief

MANILA, Philippines — The coaching staff of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) men’s basketball team will be at the top of the list of resource persons to be invited by the House of Representatives for its investigation into the death of two student-athletes, Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V said on Tuesday. Ortega in a statement

MANILA, Philippines – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson George Erwin Garcia on Tuesday dismissed allegations that he received P10 million from supposed former bodyguards and bagmen of ex-congressman Zaldy Co. In a press conference led by former Rep. Mike Defensor, whom Comelec recommended charges against for indirect bribery, the self-proclaimed bagmen said they delivered P10

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda on Tuesday said the petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking to declare the June 3 session at the Senate null and void goes beyond the leadership dispute in the upper chamber. READ: Alan Cayetano, allies file SC petition to ‘protect’ Senate In a statement released the same day