Red Mendoza

4 days ago | manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza |Reina Tolentino

VICE President Sara Duterte arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday afternoon after visiting the Filipino community in Melbourne over the weekend, the Office of the Vice President said Tuesday.

4 days ago | manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza

CEBU 5th District Rep. Duke Frasco said he has not decided to run for speaker of the House, despite earlier reports that he is among those being floated for the speakership in the 20th Congress. In a statement, Frasco said that he has not made any decision to run for speaker. “Contrary to recent reports, I have not made any decision — much less offered myself for the position of Speaker of the House in the 20th Congress,” he said.

4 days ago | manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza

A STUDY has found that the soft corals of the West Philippine Sea and the Philippine Rise are among the most diverse in the world, which can be used as medicinal compounds as well as adding aesthetic to many dive sites across the country.

1 week ago | manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza |Catherine S. Valente

THE Ombudsman and the House of Representatives are sharply divided over who filed the complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte involving the questionable use of confidential funds. Named as respondents along with Duterte in the complaint are former special disbursing officers Edward Fajarda and Gina Acosta of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), former Department of Education (DepEd) assistant secretary Sunshine Fajarda, and former Education undersecretary Nolasco Mempin.

1 week ago | manilatimes.net | Red Mendoza

(UPDATE) THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered Vice President Sara Duterte and other officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd) to respond to the charges filed by the House Committee on Good Government related to the alleged a nomalous use of confidential funds from 2022 to 2023.