“Last March 25, Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco transmitted the impeachment complaint filed by Mr. Edwin M. Cordevilla and endorsed by Ilocos Sur 2nd District Rep. Angelo Marcos Barba to our committee,” Romualdez said.

"We won't be gentle in meting out punishments as we are very serious in keeping the MMDA corruption-free," Abalos said. 

“I beg the DSWD leadership not to make things harder for our constituents too much. They don't have to sacrifice such a long time even though they also got the first aid,” Belmonte said.

Rapu-Rapu town in Albay was plunged into darkness yesterday after the Albay Power and Energy Corp. and National Power Corp. shut down generator sets supplying electricity to households on the island.

Heavy rains spawned by Tropical Storm Crising triggered widespread flooding in Zamboanga peninsula, leaving one person dead.

Two drug suspects were killed in an alleged shootout with anti-narcotics agents in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija on Friday.

The Philippine National Police will intensify its intelligence-driven operations against illegal drug syndicates, which have apparently shifted their operations to condominiums, PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said yesterday.

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno inspected on Friday the Manila Prince Hotel, which was designated the city’s 19th vaccination facility.

Motorists using the North Luzon Expressway will have to pay higher toll starting Tuesday.

Active COVID-19 cases in San Juan City have decreased by at least 80 percent, Mayor Francis Zamora said yesterday.