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Grade school shuttered by San Juan politics to finally open

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 10:52 AM

A four-story school building that became a casualty to local politics in San Juan will finally open this Monday, July 29, nearly 4 years after it was built. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Before and after San Juan's parking ban

Photos by Jonathan Cellona and Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 06:59 PM

Effective July 25, 2019, the city of San Juan implemented a parking ban in several streets in the Greenhills area.  Read more »

BAWAL NA: Pagparada sa ilang kalsada sa Brgy. Greenhills sa San Juan, ipinagbawal

Isay Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 08:13 PM

Pinangunahan ni San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora ang pagroronda sa kahabaan ng Club Filipino Avenue sa Barangay Greenhills, Huwebes ng umaga. Read more »

Kiko seeks P30,500 entry-level pay for gov't nurses

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 25 07:45 AM

MANILA - Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has filed a bill to raise the salary of entry-level government nurses in the country up to P30,500 to dissuade Filipino nurses from going abroad for higher-paying jobs. Read more »

Businessmen back simplifying local gov't requirements

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 10:42 AM

Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Emeritus Francis Chua is satisfied with the President's 4th State of the Nation Address, despite criticisms it failed to cover some issues that are crucial to businessmen's agenda. Read more »

Kiko: House must elect 'genuine' minority leader

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 08:30 PM

Minority Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to install a “genuine” minority leader, amid reports that another administration ally is eyeing the post, which has traditionally been given to opposition figures. Read more »

Battle for Senate committee chairmanships far from over - sources

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 07:59 PM

MANILA - The battle for the chairmanship of highly coveted committees in the Senate is far from over, sources told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Duterte's men to be Senate seatmates

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 05:41 PM

MANILA - After snagging their preferred committees, President Rodrigo Duterte’s closest allies in the Senate will also get their wish to be seated together, sources told ABS-CBN News.   Read more »

Opposition senators hit government over soft stance towards China

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 09:07 PM

MANILA - Several opposition lawmakers on Friday hit the Duterte administration over its soft stance towards China amid unresolved disputes in the South China Sea.  Read more »

Gobyerno, mga eksperto nagkontrahan sa Hague ruling sa West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 10:03 PM

Gaya ng laging sinasabi ng Palasyo, walang magagawa ang Pilipinas dahil kung igigiit ang ruling ay maaaring magkagiyera. Read more »

Minority senators welcome UN rights council resolution on PH drug war

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 05:37 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Minority senators on Friday welcomed the move of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt a resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines, including alleged extrajudicial killings in the government's drug war. Read more »

Enforcing Hague victory remains a challenge, says SC magistrate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 11:32 AM

MANILA - The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is doing all it can to handle the situation with China in the West Philippine Sea, three years after the country won its arbitral victory at the Hague. Read more »

Ilang mambabatas may agam-agam sa hirit na emergency powers sa trapiko

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 08:56 PM

Muling inihain sa Senado ang panukalang magbibigay kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng special emergency powers para solusyunan ang matinding trapiko.  Read more »

Poe to Duterte: Certify as urgent emergency powers on traffic

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 01:47 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte should certify as urgent a new bill seeking emergency powers for him to deal with the traffic scourge, Sen. Grace Poe said Thursday. Read more »

Tolentino seeks 'emergency powers' for Duterte against traffic scourge

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 04:25 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino described traffic jams as a "national emergency requiring urgent, immediate and sweeping solutions, for the general welfare of the Filipino people." Read more »

Jed Madela at Francis ng TNT Boys, nagdiwang ng kaarawan sa 'Showtime'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 08 01:34 PM

Nagdiwang ng kanilang kaarawan sa "It's Showtime" si Jed Madela at isa sa miyembro ng TNT Boys na si Francis Concepcion. Read more »

PSC unveils athletes' parade uniforms for 2019 SEA Games

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 05:09 PM

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has unveiled the parade uniforms which will be used by Filipino athletes when the country hosts the 2019 Southeast Asian Games this November.  Read more »

Colleagues slam Bato's remarks on kid's death

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 06:13 PM

MANILA – Senators on Friday slammed their colleague, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, for dismissing as mere accident the death of a 3-year-old girl in a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal earlier this week. Read more »

A clash of worldviews as Pope Francis, Putin meet again

Jason Horowitz, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 05 08:56 AM

When Putin visited the Vatican on Thursday, it was more than a mere meeting — their third — between the two men. Rather it was a tête-à-tête between the standard-bearers of competing views of Christianity on the European continent as ideological polarization between nationalists and liberals cleaves the West. Read more »

Putin meets Pope Francis, ‘welcoming’ populist gov’t during Italy trip

Catherine Marciano and Maria Panina, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 04 11:02 PM

ROME, ITALY (UPDATED) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Rome Thursday for a lightning visit including talks with Pope Francis and Italy's populist government, which has called for an easing of sanctions despite Moscow's ongoing crisis with the West. Read more »