De Lima: DOJ to expedite legal opinion on land dispute between PCMC, NHA

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Wednesday assured the public that the Department of Justice would speed up preparing a legal opinion on a land dispute between the National Housing Authority and the Philippine Children's Medical Center.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Senate panel wants age ceiling for SK raised from 17 years old to 24 years old

The Senate committee on local government has proposed raising the upper limit of the age range qualification for Sangguniang Kabataan posts from the current 15 to 17 years old to 15 to 24 years old.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Almost a year after typhoon, PNoy OKs Yolanda rehab master plan

President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday approved the P170.9-billion master plan to rebuild areas devastated by supertyphoon Yolanda, almost a year after the powerful weather disturbance hit parts of central Philippines.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

AFP readies complaint vs. Laudes’ lawyer Harry Roque

The Army will file a complaint against lawyer Harry Roque for allegedly encouraging German national Marc Sueselbeck, the fiancé of slain transgender woman Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, to enter a restricted area in Camp Aguinaldo where the American suspect US Marine Pfc. Joseph Pemberton is being detained.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

House starts hearing on SIM card registration

Lawmakers and telecommunications firms on Wednesday took another step toward finally stopping those annoying and potentially text scams that plague more than 80 million mobile phone users.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Solon hits Palace, DFA over ‘nonsensical’ statements on VFA

A minority lawmaker on Wednesday criticized Malacañang and the Department of Foreign Affairs for their “nonsensical” comments regarding the review of the country's Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Amid allegations of corruption, VP Binay to air three ads

Three advertisements featuring Vice President Jejomar Binay are set to be released soon, United Nationalist Alliance interim president and Navotas City Rep. Tobias “Toby” Tiangco confirmed on Wednesday.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

LTFRB allows 656 NCR buses to ply Undas routes

“Out of 896 units that applied for special permit, only 656 units were recommended for approval, 240 were denied for (a number of) reasons,” the PNA quoted LTFRB chairman Winston Ginez as saying.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Army official ordered relieved for the second time in a month

An Army official who has been ordered relieved from his post has been given a new position in the AFP Medical Center — only to be relieved again.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

‘I’m excited’ to debate Trillanes, says VP Binay

Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday said he is "excited" for the upcoming debate between him and vocal critic Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Trader Antonio Tiu yet to submit proof he owns Batangas property – Koko

Businessman Antonio Tiu has yet to submit to the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee the documents to prove his ownership of the farm estate in Rosario, Batangas which has been alleged to belong to Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III said Wednesday.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

House panel approves fair competition, anti-trust bills

A national policy prohibiting agreements that discourage business competition and other unfair trade practices is closer to becoming a law after hurdling the House Appropriations committee

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Increase in number of hungry Pinoys could’ve been higher—DSWD

The increase in the number of Filipinos who claimed to have gone hungry over the past three months doesn't mean that the government's anti-poverty efforts were ineffective, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said Wednesday.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation

Govt eyes filtering system vs. online child abuse

A filtering system to control children's access to undesirable content on the Internet will soon be put in place through a joint effort by the government and telecommunication companies, according to Justice Assistant Secretary Geronimo Sy, head of the DOJ Office of Cybercrime, on Wednesday.

Read the rest of the news GMA News Online / News / Nation