MANILA – Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications Paul Soriano has resigned from his post, Malacañang announced Thursday. Soriano tendered his resignation because of “personal commitments,” Communication Secretary Cheloy Garafil said in a statement sent to Palace reporters on Thursday night. “Presidential Adviser Paul Soriano took a well-deserved break to spend time with his family and newborn daughter. He has since submitted ...

MANILA – Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte withdrew from asking confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd), Education spokesperson Undersecretary Michael Poa. Poa told the Senate reporters on Thursday that Duterte is willing to set aside the request for CIF to maintain peace and unity in the ...

MANILA – The four Filipino seafarers who were injured when their Liberian-flagged ship, Kmax Ruler, was attacked Wednesday by a Russian missile in Ukraine, are now safe and out of danger, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). In a statement on Thursday, DMW officer-in-charge Undersecretary Hans Leo Cacdac said the four seafarers were at the bridge of the ship which ...

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now probing an election officer in Masbate who allegedly failed to follow an order involving a candidate in the recent Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). In a message, Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia told reporters Thursday that the poll body’s law department recommended the investigation on Aroroy, Masbate Election Officer Magdie Moran ...