National Situationer News

17/11/2025

17/11/2025

17/11/2025

MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday denounced an old video that resurfaced online insinuating that the military has been "compromised." The video, taken last year, shows then-House Speaker Martin Romualdez and then-House Committee on Appropriations chair Rep. Zaldy Co…

17/11/2025

Inanunsyo ni DILG Sec. Jonvic Remulla na malapit na raw nilang masampahan ng kaso ang ilang mga lokal na opisyal na umalis ng bansa sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa noon ng bagyong Tino at Uwan.

Maki-Balita: https://balita.mb.com.ph/2025/11/17/pagsampa-ng-kaso-sa-mga-lokal-na-opisyal-na-umeskapo-noong-bagyong-tino-uwan-iraratsada-nadilg-sec-remulla/

17/11/2025

Among those included in the warrant are Resigned Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and tech billionaire and former special envoy to China Maynard Ngu.

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17/11/2025

Only 4,000 pro-Duterte supporters showed up at the People Power Monument on Sunday, November 16---far below the organizers’ expectation of 300,000. The rally called for accountability, justice, and integrity among government officials.

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17/11/2025

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Monday denied allegations that the aide of former lawmaker Zaldy Co was unlawfully detained, beaten, and flown to Chile to prevent him from testifying on anomalous flood control projects.

In a statement, the NBI said it issued the remark to “clarify and correct the misleading allegations made by former Congressman Mike Defensor” regarding Co’s aide, John Paul Estrada, and his wife.

“We categorically deny the claims that Mr. Estrada and his wife were beaten or harmed… that they were unlawfully held by NBI personnel; and… they were provided with fake passports or flown out of the country to prevent testimony,” the NBI said.

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https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/966397/nbi-denies-zaldy-co-s-aide-wife-beaten-detained-flown-to-chile/story/

17/11/2025

17/11/2025

President Bongbong Marcos has accepted the resignations of Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman.

In a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro praised both officials for their service to the administration.

Former congressman Zaldy Co earlier implicated Pangandaman in the P100-B insertions in the 2025 national budget.

Castro noted that, although the allegations raised by Co lack substantial weight, Bersamin and Pangandaman voluntarily submitted their resignations to give way for the investigation into in flood control projects.

Meanwhile, Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) Undersecretary Adrian Bersamin also resigned.

He was identified by Co as a Palace official who supposedly confirmed the President's insertion orders.

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto will replace Bersamin.

Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Secretary Frederick Go will take over as the new Finance Secretary.

The Department of Budget and Management will now be led by Undersecretary Rolando Yu-Toledo as Officer-in-Charge.

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