MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson says debates on a proposed amendment to Senate rules isn’t wrong but it isn’t right either to ignore parliamentary procedures to ram down a motion. Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano insists that there is no railroading and that changing the rules is not intended for

MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon season has begun, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced on Saturday, as it continued to warn of dangerous heat levels in 44 areas around the country. The southwest monsoon, locally called “habagat,” refers to warm, moist winds originating from the southwest, which bring rains to

CAMP GENERAL ALEJO SANTOS, Bulacan—Gawad Kalinga (GK) founder Antonio “Tony” Meloto was arrested on Friday night on charges of trafficking in persons, the alleged victims being two scholars of the nongovernmental organization who had also accused him of sexual abuse. The police arrested Meloto, 76, at the GK Enchanted Farm in Barangay Encanto, where he