Jan 23, 2024 Speaker Romualdez: no order from me to

push PI
PH-VIETNAM to sign pact to face sea row
better - Martin Romualdez denied any link to push
Charter change via people’s initiative (PI)
- memorandum of understanding on maritime
cooperation - Bato Dela Rosa supported allegations of
bribery as claimed by Albay Rep. Edcel
- Navy Adm. Rommel Jude Ong “professor at
Lagman of the Liberal Party
the Ateneo School of Government
- Tupad = Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating
- also to sign a RICE deal with Vietnam
Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers of DOLE
- Hoang Huy Chung “Vietnamese Ambassador
- AICS = Assistance to Individuals in Crisis
to the Philippines”
Situations of DSWD
- Huang Xilian “Chinese Ambassador to PH”
- Rep. Paolo Duterte “oldest son of Du30”
PH losing out on China investments due to
CHED official slapped with 90-day
SCS dispute-trade group
preventive suspension
- Cecilio Pedro “President of the Federation of
- CHEd Chair Prospero de Vera III issued the
Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and
suspension against Commissioner ALDRIN
Industry Inc.
DARILAG
- China is the PH’s THIRD biggest export
- suspended Jo Mark Libre for alleged
market accounting for 13.3%
nepotism and grave misconduct
Yanson Group vows to support Mindanao
SANDIGAN clears Binay in P9.9 million
economic growth
graft case
- Mindanao Star Bus Transit Inc (MSBTI) will
- cleared former Makati City Mayor Elenita
support Central Mindanao
Binay wife of Jejomar Binay from graft and
- Leo Rey Yanson “newly re-elected chairman malversation charges over the anomalous
and president of the company” purchase of medical equipment worth 9.9
million for the Ospital ng Makati year 2000 and
- Central Mindanao or SOCCSARGEN “Region 2001.
12” top producer of tuna.
COMELEC rejects longer voters’
Government sets P5 billion to buy sugar registration period
from farmers
- no extension beyond Sept. 30, 2024
- Manuel Lamata “President of the United
Sugar Producers Federation of the PH” - George Garcia “Comelec Chair”

- buy P2,800 per 50 kg which is 300 to 400 - scheduled Feb. 12 to Sept. 30 for registration
pesos higher than the current millgate prices of for election on May 12, 2025
2,400 to 2,500
DOTr defends PUVMP, cites accidents
- Negros Occidental dubbed as the country’s
- road accident in Laguna one of the reasons to
“sugar capital” accounts for 60% of the sugar
implement Public Utility Vehicle Modernization
produced in the country
Program
- Pablo Azcona “Sugar Regulatory
- Vigor Mendoza II “LTO chief assistant
Administrator”
secretary”
Bato to Palace: Man up on ICC probers’
- Jaime Bautista “Department of Transportation
visit
Secretary”
- ICC “International Criminal Court”
Supply mission to Ayungin via sea route
- Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that former called off
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte would be arrested very
- Unaizah May (UM) 1 “one of the wooden-
soon.
hulled boats.
- Crimes against humanity filed in the ICC in
2017 by Atty. Jude Josue Sabio.
- BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second
Thomas) Shoal in the west ph sea
Cayetano is new Senate blue ribbon panel
chair
- Sen. Pia Cayetano elected as new chair of
the powerful senate blue ribbon committee
- Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva
elected her since Sen. Francis Tolentino retired
- blue ribbon committee known for investigating
government corruption or wrongdoing
DSWD aid to indigent seniors hiked to 1k
- monthly social pension of 1k from 500
- R.A. No. 11916 or the law increasing the
social pension for indigent seniors
House inquiry on PCSO’s E-Lotto deal
pushed
- House Resolution No. 1547, Surigao del
Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers asked to look
into contract signed by PCSO with e-lotto
operator Pacific Online Systems Corp.
PCC clears PLDT takeover of Sky Cable
- the Philippine Competition Commission
(PCC) had approved the major sale
- Lopez-led Sky Cable and Manuel Pangilinan-
led PLDT Inc
Jan 24, 2024
Marcos: No help for ICC in any way, shape,
form
- Kristina Conti “human rights lawyer who is
also a counsel of the families of drug war”
PCG briefs Vietnam officials ahead of
Marcos’ Hanoi trip
- the PH signed an MOU on defense
cooperation with Canada leading to Visiting
Forces Agreement (VFA)
Why Sara is secondary respondent in ICC
case
- Arturo Lascañas “retired police officer in
Davao City implicated that Sara Duterte had a
role in the EJKs
DENR gets $278M for marine protection,
drive vs plastic waste
- Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga “Environment
Secretary
- one project is enhancement of Marine Litter
Management in Manila Bay
- another is the Green Economy Program
- PH is third largest generator of mismanaged
plastic waste after China and Indonesia
Teachers Overwhelmed by nonteaching
tasks
- added ancillary and administrative tasks
given by DepEd
- added task are not in line with R.A. No. 4670
or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers
Senate, House clash over people’s initiative
- it is “fake initiative” not people’s initiative
Lawmaker demands PCSO chief’s
resignation
- Rep. Rufus Rodriguez “Cagayan de Oro Rep”
called on Melquiades Robles “PCSO General
Manager” to resign
- House Bill No. 9283 prohibiting online placing
of bets
CHED commissioner suspended for 90
days calls penalty unfair
- suspension was issued on Jan. 16
Armed illegal fishers operate in Quezon
waters, say group
- Lamon Bay in Quezon Province
- Allan Castillo “Director of Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources”
- illegal fishers use buli-buli, pangulong, and
taksay
Baguio council to LTFRB: extend life of
PUVs up for phaseout
- Councilor Benny Bomogao
- in light of 2.4M to 2.8M modern jeepney
- proposed local tax holidays for Baguio
operators
- Land Transportation Franchising and
Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
Sec ‘pastorals’ including 2 Ukrainians, cry
sexual abuse
- Quiboloy calls himself “appointed son of God”
- Ukrainians “Sofia and Nina” claimed Quiboloy
sexually abused them
 Jan. 25, 2024
Marcos extends PUV consolidation
deadline by 3 months
- until April 30 to apply consolidation under
PUVMP or Public Utility Vehicle Modernization
Program
- Jaime Bautista “Transportation secretary”
- Land Transportation Franchising and
Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
- Teofilo Guadiz III “LTFRB Chair”
- purchase modern Euro-4 compliant vehicles
Recto: no new taxes, just better collection
- Ralph Recto “Finance Secretary”
- target revenue 4.3 trillion
- Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP)
“vat on digital service providers” Package 4
- Package 3 of CTRP includes Real Property
Valuation and Assessment Reform
MUP pension reform: Recto veers from
Diokno plan
- Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP)
Dior bag scandal hounds South Korea
Ruling Party
- Kim Keon Hee
Senators warn of ‘No-el’ as Pirma claims
2.5 million signatures collected
- People’s Initiative for Reform, Modernization
and Action (PIRMA)
LA times cuts a fifth of newsroom jobs
- Los Angeles Times lay off more than fifth of its
journalists
- staff at the Conde Nast group which publishes
Vanity Fair and Vogue
- eliminate at least 115 news room positions
- Patrick Soon-Shiong “owner”
Quiboloy dares Hontiveros to help
accusers sue him
- Apollo Quiboloy “founder and leader of the
Davao-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC)
Defense Chief scores harassment of pinoy
fishers
- Scarborough shoal locally known as Bajo de
Masinloc
SC to COMELEC: ask congress to amend
party list law
- Alexander Gesmundo “Chief Justice”
- R.A. No. 7941 Party-List System Act
Jan 26, 2024
Expert: China has placed 50 ships ahead of
PH mission
- Panganiban (Mischief) Reef
- Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal
- Qiong Sansha Yu “China’s professional militia
vessels”
- Panganiban “largest artificial island”
Top Business Leaders mentor MSMEs at
Go Negosyo’s first event for 2024
- Joey Concepcion “founder of Go Negosyo”
Vietnam’s incense village turns into
Instagram hot spot
- Quang Phu Cau “incense village” located at
Hanoi
SAF 44: Gallantry hailed, battlefield fiasco
recalled
- 9 years passed
- Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
Pinay ‘tita’ helps keep TikTok a safe space
- share platform’s Safety Advisory Council
- Mona Magno Veluz “also known as Mighty
Magulang”
- she specializes in educational content
Bicol’s most wanted criminal killed in
Parañaque shootout
- Gilbert Concepcion “leader of the Concepcion
criminal gang based in Libon, Albay
- he was a former New People’s Army rebel
who applied to become a soldier
Court clears Misuari in Zambo siege case
- Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
- Nur Misuari “founding chair of MNLF”
- Regional Trial Court Branch 159 dismissed
the crime under Republic Act No. 9851
CA urged: Review case vs DPWH, MWSS
execs
- Stop Kaliwa Dam Network asked the Court of
Appeals to nullify the office of Ombudsman’s
dismissal
- Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage
System (MWSS)
De Lima to recount ordeal to UN official
- Leila de Lima to meet Irene Khan “UN Special
Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression”
LTO turns down 4M plastic cards donation
- turned down donation of 160 million worth of
plastic cards for 4 million driver’s licenses
- Vigor Mendoza II “LTO chief”
- offer from Philippine Society of Medicine for
Drivers (PSMeD)
Jan. 27, 2024
Citing other polls, COMELEC chair seeks
lack of time for Cha-cha plebiscite
- must be held withing 60 to 90 days
- Republic Act No. 6735 or the 1989 Initiative
and Referendum Act
Retired Justice vows to press fight over
Lipa Apparitions
- Harriet Demetriou “Retired Sandiganbayan
Justice”
- Fr. Winston Cabading “priest and exorcist”
who challenged the authenticity of the Lipa
Marian apparitions
- Mediatrix of All Grace “title given to he Virgin
Mary who allegedly appeared to a nun in Lipa
DepEd taps WB for pay hike study
- “Overload” pay policy
- to raise entry-level monthly salary of teachers
to P50,000
Handsome tiktoker spreads Yemen rebels’
message
- Rashed Al-Haddad “Tim-Huthi Chalamet”
DILG: Attend, post photos of ‘Bagong
Pilipinas’ launch
- Bagong Pilipinas new governance brand
introduced in Memorandum Circular No. 24