Toby Tiangco donates salary until 2022 for Navotas families

Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco says his total donation would be over P3 million, for the benefit of families who will not be getting emergency subsidy from the national government

Navotas provides free shelter for city's medical frontliners

Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco hopes the shelter will 'ease the burden' on health workers battling the spread of the novel coronavirus

With Duterte's backing, Alvarez will remain Speaker – lawmakers

At this point in time I don t see the President s trust and confidence in the Speaker waning says Representative Robert Ace Barbers

Pacquiao: Nothing wrong with paying for gov't officials' US trip

Alam mo kaming mga Bisaya okay lang yan ilibre kaysa gumawa ng kalokohan says Senator Manny Pacquiao

PNP chief Dela Rosa, Oslo talks, Clinton vs Trump | 6PM wRap

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LOOK: Lawmakers ordered to return protocol plates

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez makes the order after some cars were seen in indecent places or figured in crime related activities

Search for TOWNS 2016 nominees extended until August 31

The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service Award is a prestigious recognition given triennially to women who aside from having excelled in their respective disciplines have also contributed to the advancement of our country

CPP-NPA on ceasefire, Tiangco leaves UNA, Democrats clash | 12PM wRap

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Tiangco leaves UNA over minority leadership row

UPDATED Navotas Representative Toby Tiangco says he could not accept that his party mates would participate in game fixing the House minority leadership race

SONA 2016: Lawmakers happy Duterte supports their bills

UPDATED Some lawmakers have filed bills on tax reform passport validity and universal health care even before President Rodrigo Duterte mentions them in his SONA

Suarez vs Tiangco: Who will UNA back as House minority leader?

UPDATED The two United Nationalist Alliance stalwarts are giving contradictory statements on the steps to be taken by the party

Incoming House Speaker Alvarez: No pork on my watch

But every congressman may propose up to P50M worth of hard projects or infrastructure and P30M for soft projects like scholarships and livelihood assistance

Lawmaker pushes ‘no work, no pay’ policy in Congress

UPDATED Navotas Representative Toby Tiangco says there are no existing policies that will discourage nor sanction frequently absent members of Congress

Lagman warns vs brewing ‘subservient’ minority in House

Congressman [Edcel] Lagman has no monopoly of intention to serve Congress when everybody’s objective is to do the same says Quezon 3rd District Representative Danilo Suarez

Binay's last days as VP: Courtesy calls, a Balesin trip, and a ToyCon

What keeps Jejomar Binay busy in his last week as vice president?

Reelectionists, spouses win NCR mayoral race

UPDATED Metro Manila reelectionist mayors are losing only in two cities – Makati and Marikina

No ouster threat vs Ombudsman in Binay presidency – UNA

President Binay will be too busy helping the poor to even think of this says UNA president Toby Tiangco

Why Honasan is skipping Binay’s Ilocos sorties

Will the campaign strategy of the UNA vice presidential candidate help pull him out of the bottom of survey rankings?

Ombudsman gets threat; still no COA report

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales says It is doubly malicious to charge that a group was hired to demolish any candidate In fact it is the candidate’s team that has been trying to demolish me

Who are the people behind Team Jejomar Binay?

For the dark horse of the 2010 elections it’s all about trust If Binay wants to win again in May he needs the people who know him best to help sell his name – and vision – to the masses

Binay ‘lackluster’ in 1st presidential debate – analysts

Members of the Vice President s camp disagree with political analysts saying he did a good job at conveying his campaign message of addressing poverty

UNA won’t drop Pacquiao from Senate slate

Kayo naman Humingi na nga ng tawad e says Vice President Jejomar Binay as he again defends the embattled boxing icon

Aquino: I see ‘logic’ in cancellation of Poe’s COC

The President says many more questions surround the ruling of the Comelec Second Division and Poe is free to appeal her case

Roxas: Poe hid citizenship, residency issues from LP

‘We presumed regularity ’ says LP standard bearer Mar Roxas when asked to react to Senator Grace Poe s statement that she wouldn t have the same disqualification problems had she agreed to be his running mate

UNA on Poe disqualification: We're victims of politics, too

Binay s party says it could not have been behind cases against Poe because it also experiences malicious prosecution

Mayor Tiangco and Mar Roxas: Beyond politics

UPDATED Roxas was godfather to the younger Tiangco when he got married The secretary s late father Gerardo Roxas was also friends with Tiangco s father But elder brother Toby Tiangco is with Binay

Binay stunned by Aquino's 'Eh di wow!'

A visibly peeved Binay evades questions on the SONA and tells reporters he would reply in due time

Expectations, predictions for Aquino's final SONA

Will President Benigno Aquino III name his anointed successor or mention the Mamasapano massacre? Politicians share what they expect to hear on the President s last State of the Nation Address

Grace Poe and Pandora’s box: Legal issues in her candidacy

Part 1: Rappler learns Poe has hired a team of lawyers to study legal challenges that might be raised against her eligibility or qualification in the 2016 presidential elections

UNA launch, Aquino's flight plan, Ombudsman’s dare | 6PM wRap

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Will Binay's anti-Aquino message stick?

The effectiveness of VP Binay s message will depend on how well he can reconcile the contradicting themes of poverty reduction and corruption

'Binay must be his own spokesman'

The Vice President is pressed to deal with his biggest communications gaffe: his refusal to directly confront the corruption scandal tainting his candidacy

Why Binay resigned from the Cabinet

Binay s camp said the Vice President has long wanted to resign feeling awkward and the odd man out in the Liberal Party dominated Cabinet

Binay on poll results: 'A wake-up call'

UPDATED Vice President Jejomar Binay who has been dislodged as the poll front runner says his direct interaction and meetings with people around the country will prop up his numbers

Binay's UNA to launch in scandal-hit Makati on July 1

No running mate will announced however It s more important that we organize the party at the local level This is a harder job than looking for a running mate

The Vice and the backlash

The Vice and his team will have to look for another issue against Poe that will have the same distracting effectiveness as the citizenship issue

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Erap surprised by Binay’s VP offer

Estrada is known to be dead set on seeking re election as mayor of Manila He had also given his blessings to his 2013 running mate Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno to aim for the Senate

Poe thanks Tiangco for 'bringing out' issues against her

Now says the senator the public is starting to realize that the issues hounding her are based merely on technicalities

2nd term for PH president, Binay vs Poe, Dubs over Cavs in Gm1 | 6PM wRap

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Tiangco apologizes for rift between Grace Poe, Binays

The United Nationalist Alliance UNA interim president says he will leave legal questions on the senator s Philippine residency for the proper courts to decide

VP Binay on foundling Poe: I had a harder life

Vice President Jejomar Binay says when he was adopted by his relatives as a young boy he had to go to the public market and gather hog feed

Binay camp on Grace Poe: 'It's her right to run'

The daughter of the Vice President Representative Abigail Binay also says that if in the end VP Binay and Senator Grace Poe part ways they will respect Poe s decision

Comelec chief: Too early to vet Grace Poe eligibility

We will act on it once a proper petition is filed It s speculative at this point says elections chief Andres Bautista

Grace Poe to UNA: Why are you so afraid of me?

The senator says the United Nationalist Alliance s attacks make her consider seeking the presidency more seriously

Binay 'surprised' by Tiangco's attack on Poe

The Vice President says he had no idea his party president would attack Senator Grace Poe Toby don t interfere in that issue he supposedly told him

Poe hits back, PH-TW standoff, MH370 | 6PM wRap

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Grace Poe on residency: I have been in PH since 2005

I am qualified to run for president but I am not yet a candidate says Senator Grace Poe in response to an issue raised by a rival camp