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LOOK BACK: ABS-CBN execs defend company in franchise bid

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 09 09:28 PM

Last year, ABS-CBN executives and lawyers attended congressional hearings to defend the company from various allegations and to appeal to lawmakers to grant it a new franchise. Read more »

Indian lawyers told to smarten up in virtual hearings

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 10:28 PM

Indian lawyers have been told to smarten up their act after some appeared in virtual hearings in colorful shirts, just a vest or even while riding a scooter. Read more »

Hong Kong pro-democracy media executives appear in court

Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 11:45 AM

Two executives from Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily appeared in court on Saturday charged with collusion after authorities deployed a sweeping security law to target the newspaper, a scathing critic of Beijing. Read more »

P446 per vaccine: Lacson sees no need for executive session on COVID vaccine prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 01:42 PM

MANILA - A senator on Wednesday sees no need to hold an executive session to further discuss the price range of each brand of COVID-19 vaccine procured by the government.   Read more »

Pagmandato ng gobyerno sa face shield pinuna sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 09:06 PM

Pinuna na rin ng ilang senador ang patuloy na pagmamandato ng pamahalaan sa pagsusuot ng face shield.  Read more »

Solon tells DepEd printing of books and modules violates law

Jaehwa Bernardo and RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 08:07 PM

House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta on Monday said the Department of Education's continued production of textbooks and self-learning modules violates a law. Read more »

DepEd learning module na may maselang salita pinuna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 06:21 PM

Pinuna ngayong Lunes ng mga mambabatas ang learning module ng DepEd na may maseselang salita.  Read more »

Educator flags obscene word in DepEd module

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 06:52 PM

In a House hearing on Monday, educator Antonio Calipjo Go showed a copy of the module, which tackled Filipino mythological creatures such as the aswang, duwende, kapre and tikbalang. Read more »

'Pagdiin' ng in-ambush na Calbayog mayor sa droga, ibinunyag ng pulis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 10:37 PM

Humarap sa Senado ang isang pulis at sinabing nadiin lang sa ilegal na droga si Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino. Read more »

NBI files murder raps vs cops tagged in Calbayog mayor's slay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 08:59 PM

The National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed murder complaints before the Department of Justice against policemen tagged in the killing of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino last March.  Read more »

Political rival could be behind Calbayog mayor's slay, says son

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 08:38 AM

A political rival of late Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino could be behind his killing, his son said Thursday. Read more »

Senate to probe Luzon power supply woes

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 04:20 PM

Lawmakers would look into the recent power outages due to the low supply in the Luzon grid to see if the National Grid Corporation and the country's energy regulators are accountable, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday said. Read more »

Senate to probe rotational brownouts in Luzon

Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 03 02:08 PM

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a resolution seeking an inquiry into the rotating power outages that hit Luzon this week. Read more »

Pondo sa pag-quarantine ng mga umuuwing OFW sapat pa: OWWA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 06:17 PM

Tiniyak ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration na sapat pa ang pondo nito para sa pag-quarantine sa mga umuuwing overseas Filipino worker. Read more »

Sans proof, Cavite solon accuses minor in Cebu lumad school raid of being 'radicalized'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 07:30 PM

MANILA - Some members of the House of Representatives verbally sparred on Tuesday during the lower chamber's probe into the controversial police raid inside the University of San Carlos-Talamban Campus in Cebu City last February. Read more »

PDEA, QCPD nagkainitan sa Senate hearing ukol sa February 'misencounter'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 09:50 PM

Kapwa pinanindigan ng QCPD at PDEA na lehitimo ang kanilang anti-drug operation noong Pebrero na nauwi sa misencounter. Read more »

PNP official apologizes to community pantry organizers

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 01:30 PM

A police official apologized Wednesday to community pantry organizers who may have been distressed after being supposedly profiled by cops in their areas. Read more »

Sotto seeks probe into FDA advisory vs ivermectin use

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 12:53 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said he would seek an investigation into the alleged opposition of the Food and Drug Administration on the use of ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment. Read more »

Virus-hit Indonesia orders executions online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 03:06 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia has sentenced scores of prisoners to death over Zoom and other video apps during the pandemic in what critics say is an "inhumane" insult to those facing the firing squad. Read more »

Mambabatas sa Canada aksidenteng nagpakita sa virtual hearing nang nakahubad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 06:32 PM

Aksidenteng nagpakita ang isang mambabatas sa Canada sa kalagitnaan ng kanilang virtual hearing nang nakahubad.   Read more »