The Senate labor committee wrapped up on Monday, May 10, its deliberation on the proposed creation of the Department for Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL). Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria) Senator Joel Villanueva, committee...
Unless ABS-CBN is allowed to operate anew, the damage done to the country’s democratic institutions due to the television network’s closure can never be repaired, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said. Binay made the statement on Wednesday (May 5), exactly a year after the network...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The discredited Health Secretary, asked if the country could also experience the unprecedented number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 being recorded in India, said that such a grim scenario could happen if the public fails to observe the...
Two senators are seeking further probe into the status of the government’s school-based Barangay Health Stations (BHS) project, which was stalled due to an ongoing litigation. Senator Nancy Binay raised the issue during the Senate Committee on Health and Demography’s virtual hearing on the...
Enough is enough. Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said China’s continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea and its relentless claim the maritime territory is part of their sovereignty should stop. BInay made the remark following China’s statement the Philippines should “respect”...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The outpouring of kindness and generosity through the community pantries has been nothing short of phenomenal. As of last count, over 300 community pantries have been set up nationwide, all of them offering Filipinos displaced economically by...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should censure National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade. Jr. for conduct unbecoming of an officer and for violating civilian supremacy over the military. “Respect and obedience to the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, April 23, said some of the projects under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) may be redundant as they are already being implemented by other government agencies. Senator Nancy Binay (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Senate of the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, April 23, said the government’s predilection to downplay the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) problem is the reason why the Philippines’s is still facing a health crisis. Senator Nancy Binay (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Senate of the Philippines) Binay said the...
The Duterte administration should use Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade, Jr.’s skill for profiling to boost the government’s contact-tracing efforts to help combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the country, Senator Nancy Binay said on Friday, April 23. “Baka yung skill...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay The economy, according to a statement from the Trade Secretary, lost an estimated P180 billion during the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) imposed by the government in Metro Manila and four other provinces. On the other hand, those...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Last week, I was asked to speak before a webinar sponsored by the UP Portia Alumnae Association on my experiences as a human rights lawyer during martial law. As many of you know, I began my career as a lawyer in the 1960s, trading the comforts...
