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No more peace talks once even an AFP soldier gets hurt by communist rebels’ attack, particularly using land mines. This was the warning issued by President Rodrigo Duterte to the communist rebels on Wednesday, August 10. Duterte is particularly infuriated by land mines used by the rebels. Land mines tend to harm even civilians, especially […] More
Getting a passport online has been known to be tedious and costly for some time now. And they blame it on the increasing number of applicants, mostly those who desire to work abroad, but not quite. It’s all due to the unscrupulous activities of a passport syndicate. This was what APO Production Unit Inc. divulged […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to give the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial was met with several oppositions, especially from the victims of human rights abuses during the Marcos regime. Duterte promised to have Marcos buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in February when he visited Ilocos Norte during his campaign. On August […] More
Vice President Leni Robredo should take a counter-offensive and file a counter-protest versus former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., suggested election lawyer Emil Marañon III. In his article published by Rappler, Marañon said that Robredo is not in a position to just “sit back and watch,” as what some political observers have suggested because of […] More
“The late President Ferdinand Marcos cannot be buried at the “Libingan ng mga Bayani.” The law prohibits it.” This is what lawyer, professor and broadcaster Mel Sta. Maria said in his opinion column at InterAksyon.com about the planned hero’s burial for the late dictator this September 18. President Rodrigo Duterte gave the go signal for […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte defended having the names of dead public officials in his list of 159 people allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. He spoke out about the list after Supreme Court Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno penned a letter to him, noting that one of the seven judges he named died in 2008. [ads1] […] More
Philippine National Police Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Monday, August 8, said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘narco-list’ of over 150 government officials was a product of the workshop launched by the intelligence community. Dela Rosa told the media that some of those officials included in the list have already submitted themselves to investigation […] More
The United States called Manila envoy Patrick Chuasoto for a meeting after President Rodrigo Duterte called US Ambassador Philip Goldberg “bakla” (gay). Chuasoto heads the Philippine embassy in Washington, DC, replacing former Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Cuisia Jr. US State Department Press Office director Elizabeth Trudeau said on Monday, August 8, “We’ve seen […] More
The fiscal thrust of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration which it plans to implement in the coming years—like aggressive infrastructure and emergency powers to remedy the traffic problem—and which was applauded initially is now being seen by some fiscal experts as something to be alarmed about. For instance, Emilio Neri, Jr., who is head economist at […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte felt like Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno ordered him around after receiving her letter concerning the inclusion of seven judges in the narco-list. Duterte then mentioned martial law if Sereno does not agree with his current methods in fighting drugs, after she called his revelation of the list a ‘premature announcement.’ “If […] More
Why not make the Spratlys an international marine park? Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio believes this will result to a win-win solution for both the Philippines and China. It may even “suspend all their (claimant nations like the PH and China) territorial claims for 50 or 100 years and allow the reef to […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to give the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial was met with several oppositions. One of those who voiced out his contradicting views is Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and he did not mince words. “Burying a murderer and a thief in the Libingan ng mga Bayani is not moving on,” […] More
