President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday cleared PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan of any wrongdoing for the agency's multi-million-peso Christmas party.
State lottery officials defended their Christmas party budget in the wake of allegations it was extravagant, but lawmakers hit them just the same for supposedly failing to live up to their purpose as a charitable institution.
Malacañang holds off announcing which high-ranking government official is about to be fired by President Duterte, but Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque did say as much—it's not a PCSO official.
After dropping by her La Vista Subdivision residence after her release from hospital detention, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo checks in at St. Luke's Hospital in Quezon City for a thorough checkup.
Complainant Diego Magpantay of the Citizens Crime Watch said the government stands to lose about P50-billion yearly through non-declaration of actual sales by STL operators.
