Contrary to the government’s recent claim that the Philippines is safer and people are more secure, a recent Social Weather Stations survey indicated a concerning increase in traditional crimes and cybercrime victimization rates compared to previous polls.
The Legal Cooperation Cluster (LCC) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) strongly asserted that the recent arrests and detention of Porferio Tuna, Simeon Naogsan, and Wigberto Villarico were fully justified, legal, and moral.
A lawyer of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte said the latter’s no-show in today’s public hearing of the Joint Committee on Public Accounts, Dangerous Drugs, Public Order and Security and Human Rights (Quadcomm) is pointless, thus his unnecessary presence.
Lawyer Martin Delgra III, in a Nov. 5 letter addressed to Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers, Quadcomm chairperson, said the former president harbors some concerns regarding the integrity, independence, and propriety of the Quadcomm.
A day after the day of national mourning for the victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda – the most powerful storm that hit the Philippines 11 years ago – urged the government to enforce stronger climate accountability policies for corporations.
By Julian Gempesaw
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—In the wake of reignited fears among residents of South Cotabato Province caused by flashfloods unleashed by Tropical Storm Kristine, Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. allayed worries of environmental damage and destruction.
Tamayo Jr. denied large-scale mining operations in the hinterlands of Tampakan South Cotabato.
Is a falling out between First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez even possible?
Not a few people dismissed the alleged feud as just another political intrigue. The administration was desperate for a distraction after former President Rodrigo Duterte’s spectacular appearance before the Senate, and a Liza-Martin tiff was worth a try.
Days after his masterful appearance before the Senate, former President Rodrigo Duterte remains the nation’s hottest topic.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. probably thought the hearing would be the figurative last rites for FPRRD, but the old fox turned the tables instead. In one fell swoop, the tormentors found themselves on the defensive.
Agusan del Norte’s Second District Rep. Dale B. Corverahas nothing but good words about former President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s attendance in Monday’s Senate probe into the previous administration’s drug war.
“Despite his being a private citizen now, I saw on TV an old statesman still effectively connected with the people who longed for streets and surroundings that are free from drug addicts and criminals,” Corvera’s Facebook post on Tuesday read.
