Last accused in Bong Revilla flood control case arrestedFormer senator Bong Revilla arrives at the Sandiganbayuan on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. The anti-graft court ordered his detention at the Quezon City Jail in Payatas following his surrender over a malversation case in the Bulacan flood control scam. MANILA, Philippines — Police have arrested the last remaining co-accused of former senator Bong Revilla in connection with the alleged anomalous flood control project in Bulacan. “Andon na sila lahat ngayon… si Juat arrested na,” Remulla told reporters. On January 20, the Sandiganbayan Third Special Division ordered Revilla detained at the male dormitory of the Quezon City Jail in Payatas.

Trillanes, group file graft, plunder cases against Sara DuterteMANILA, Philippines — Former senator Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV and a civil society group have filed graft and plunder complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte over her alleged use of confidential funds. Trillanes and the group The Silent Majority filed the complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday, January 21. The complaint alleges plunder and malversation involving P650 million in confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd), citing an affidavit from Ramil Madriaga, whom the complainants described as Duterte’s former “bagman.”The filing also covers the alleged plunder and malversation of P2.7 billion in confidential funds from Davao City during Duterte’s tenure as mayor. The filing follows an earlier impeachment complaint against Duterte that also centered on her use of confidential funds at the OVP and DepEd. In July 2025, the Supreme Court struck down that impeachment complaint, ruling that it violated the constitutional one-impeachment-per-year rule.

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In a statement, Assistant Ombudsman Mico Clavano said it is wrong to say that returning money to the public is robbery because it is accountability. Returning the stolen money to the government is not extortion, it is accountability,” he added. In an interview at the Sandiganbayan, Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon called Discaya “shameless” for saying that it was he who was robbed because he was being asked to return ill-gotten wealth. They should face the charges then return the money of the Filipino people,” he added. Meaning, it’s like a modern day robbery, which means, the robber is the one giving money to those whom they robbed from?

Pinoys soar with PALWe felt proud at the unveiling of the first Airbus A350-1000 aircraft acquired by Philippine Airlines (PAL). PAL Holdings Inc. president and chief executive officer Lucio C. Tan III proudly declared PAL became the first airline in Southeast Asia to operate the long-range wide-body Airbus A350-1000. Celebrating PAL’s 85th anniversary, a new theme song in promoting PAL was also launched during the same ceremonies. A summa cum laude graduate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2015, the young Tan later earned a Master’s in Computer Science from the same university. I should know because my son is one of the young pilots who soldiered on during those trying times for PAL.

A team of scientists announced they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark oxygen." But the deep-sea mining industry—which is keen to extract precious metals from these potato-sized polymetallic nodules—and some researchers have expressed doubts about the claim. The debate comes as companies and nations battle over proposed rules regulating the new and potentially environmentally destructive deep-sea mining industry. Sweetman's 2024 study was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining firm, The Metals Company, which has since sharply criticised his research. But the scientist emphasized it is "not our intention" to find something to stop deep-sea mining.

Sandiganbayan sends Bong Revilla to Quezon City jailFormer senator Bong Revilla arrives at the Sandiganbayan which later ordered his detention at the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas following his surrender. MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division has ordered the temporary detention of former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. at the Quezon City Jail male dorm in connection with the malversation case against him over a P92.8-million ghost flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan. Revilla will join a population of over 3,600 detainees at the New Quezon City Jail, where he will stay in a cell designed for 10 inmates. Bail for graft caseIn a separate graft case in the flood control project, Revilla posted a P90,000 bail before the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division. Pineda is facing malversation charges with Revilla and five others over alleged irregularities in a flood control project in Pandi, Bulacan.

Lady Army corporal hurdles 2025 Bar examThe now lawyer Army Cpl. Michelle Lania received on Monday, January 19, 2026, a special citation plaque from Major Gen. Jose Vladimir Cagara of the 6th Infantry Division in honor of her having passed the 2025 BAR exams. COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Officials and personnel of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division gave a lady corporal traditional military honors on January 19 for passing the 2025 Bar examinations through her own hard workCpl. Lania said she did not undergo a full-time formal Bar exams review course owing to the difficulty of attending it while serving as an Army corporal. I promise to do my added work now as a lawyer and a soldier to the best I can,” Lania said.

There was also no punishment for the big fish in a housing scam that she denounced in 2000. It’s not unusual in our country’s sad history that today’s accusers become tomorrow’s defendants in corruption scandals. Several of the other big fish linked to those scandals galore that I have mentioned have also passed away. Or (we can’t discount it, you nasty folks) maybe the big fish were truly innocent. The developments in recent weeks on the public works corruption scandal have not been encouraging.

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The First Couple inaugurate Likha with former First Lady Imelda Marcos who launched an exhibition center for Philippine products in the early 1970s. It’s the Likhang Filipino Exhibition Halls, or simpy Likha, which President Bongbong Marcos inaugurated last Thursday, Jan. 15. “Finally, this place has been redeemed to its former glory,”said PBBM. Bagging the best of Filipino craftsmanship with Bongbong and LizaAfter PBBM’s SONA in July 2024 and the firm decision to say no to POGOs, those establishments closed, giving the new government the opportunity to transform the space into Likhang Filipino. President Marcos weaves a conversation with Maison Metisse founder Adrienne Charuel as DTI Sec.

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Ada moves away from Philippines but rains, winds persistIn its 5 p.m. forecast, PAGASA reported that the center of Ada was located about 970 kilometers east of Northern Luzon, moving eastward over the Philippine Sea at 25 kilometers per hour. In its 5 p.m. forecast, PAGASA reported that the center of Ada was located about 970 kilometers east of Northern Luzon, moving eastward over the Philippine Sea at 25 kilometers per hour. Continuous dry air from the northeast monsoon is expected to weaken the system further, with PAGASA predicting it may be downgraded to an LPA today. Despite Ada’s weakening, the northeast monsoon will continue to bring strong gale-force gusts, particularly over coastal and upland areas. The northeast monsoon continues to affect much of northern and central Luzon, bringing cloudy skies and possible light rains over Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora, Quezon and Marinduque.

Hotel101 to put up biggest hotel in MelbourneMANILA, Philippines — DoubleDragon Corp., the property developer chaired by tycoons Edgar “Injap” Sia II and Tony Tan Caktiong, is bringing Hotel101 to Australia, putting up what will be the largest hotel by room count in Melbourne. DoubleDragon’s Nasdaq-listed subsidiary Hotel101 Global Holdings Corp. has signed definitive binding agreements for the development of a 766-room Hotel101 in Melbourne’s central business district. Hotel101’s global expansion strategy includes its first three overseas projects under development in Niseko (Japan), Madrid (Spain) and Los Angeles (US). Hotel101 Global topped off last month the 482-room Hotel101-Niseko, with its opening slated in December 2026. As of Jan. 16, DoubleDragon said Hotel101 Global has reached its highest equity valuation since it traded in the Nasdaq under ticker HBNB, valued at $2.34 billion.