President Duterte’s perceived personal attacks against Manila Mayor Isko Moreno might be the administration’s “signal” to its troll armies to start the “demolition operations” against its political enemies, former Ombudsman and 1Sambayan convenor Conchita Carpio-Morales said. 1Sambayan...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
Unlike former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, 1Sambayan convenor ex-Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales sees nothing wrong with Vice President Leni Robredo’s recent meetings with senators linked to the Duterte administration as part of her efforts to unite the opposition. 1Sambayan convenor Conchita...
If there is one thing former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales remembers about the late former President Benigno Aquino III, it is that he had always asked her to “keep your independence” and “go after the corrupt” since her job entailed looking into the dubious practices of government...
Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the traits exhibited by the late former President Benigno Aquino III are what the country needs amid a raging pandemic and the collapse of the country’s moral and democratic institutions. 1Sambayan (Photo courtesy of Neri Colmenares) Former...
Malacañang is grateful for the public's support for Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio and her father President Duterte after they emerged as top presidential tandem based on a recent poll. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging...
A coalition of some 500 urban poor community organizations united on Monday, August 2, to launch LENI Urban Poor in a bid to call on Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in the 2022 polls. LENI UP, a coalition of urban poor organizations, backs Vice President Leni Robredo should she...
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday branded as “totally false” the statement made by President Duterte that the 2016 Arbitral ruling does not bind China because it never took part in the arbitration proceedings. Carpio made his rebuttal to the President’s...
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter should require their users to include their real names on their accounts so they will be more responsible and refrain from posting fake and malicious news, as well as in attacking groups and personalities on the platform, retired former Supreme Court Senior...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has debunked President Duterte’s assumption that he will be spared from criminal liability if he wins the vice presidency in the 2022 national election. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales (via...
Opposition coalition 1Sambayan announced that it will reveal its candidates for the 2022 elections in September, its lead convener said. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (1Sambayan/Facebook) In a virtual presser, Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio...
The only thing that retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio wants to hear from President Duterte in the last year of his administration is to prohibit China from further fishing in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio J. Carpio (via 1Sambayan...
