The City of Houston’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has declined to investigate Mayor John Whitmire’s $60,000 taxpayer-funded contract for a city podcast, saying a complaint filed by the Houston Progressive Caucus falls outside its authority.

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo administered the oath of office to the newly elected national officers, deputies, presidential assistants, and presidential advisers of the Philippine Judges Association (PJA) on January 15, 2026, at the Supreme Court (SC) Session Hall in Manila.