Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said he agrees that an amnesty for rebel groups would be key to a national reconciliation as the government pursues peace and order. Lacson expressed his view on the issue as his the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and...
Pro-environment groups are calling on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to implement reforms in the conduct of elections next year to avoid repeat of previous approaches that supposedly violated the laws and harmed the environment. In a letter submitted to Comelec Chairman Sheriff M. Abas,...
While Vice President Leni Robredo is giving “serious thought” on her possible 2022 presidential bid, her supporters on Tuesday, Sept. 7, said they would give the needed space for her to decide. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) Joseph Quesada, one of the convenors of...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- As a humanitarian catastrophe looms, relief organizations are scrambling to maintain their operations in war-ravaged Afghanistan, holding high-stakes talks with the Taliban in a bid to salvage their critical lifeline of aid. A helicopter displaying a Taliban flag flies above...
The outpouring of support for Vice President Leni Robredo over the past few weeks did not fall on deaf ears as her spokesman said on Thursday, September 2, that she will consider these when she soon makes her decision about the 2022 polls. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Robredo’s...
Vice President Leni Robredo is very close to making her decision on whether or not to run for the presidency in the May 2022 polls, her spokesman said on Wednesday, Sept. 1. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) “Nagpapasalamat si VP Leni sa lahat ng mga nagpahayag ng kanilang tiwala at suporta....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) on Friday, August 20, after government troops stormed its bomb-making facility in Dolores, Eastern Samar earlier this week. Secretary Eduardo Ano (DILG photo)...
Women’s organizations in Central Luzon are expected to benefit from the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) bamboo shoot production and product development project. (PIXABY) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the DOST-III is forging partnership with three women’s...
The Philippine government should take advantage of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to aggressively push for solutions to expedite the implementation of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGa), environment groups and climate justice advocates said. Since the Philippine...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) confirmed Wednesday, July 7, that 99 percent of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) funds intended for 822 barangays cleared of communist terrorist groups (CTG) has been released to the localities as of June 30, 2021. DILG Secretary...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Friday, July 2, that it had seized a cache of firearms and 11 kilos of suspected marijuana worth P2,240,800 from a suspected crime syndicate leader during a search operation in Malolos, Bulacan. The operation was part of the larger crackdown on private...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Thursday, July 1, all police units across the country to intensify the operations against private armed groups as part of the early police preparations for the 2022 national and local elections. At the same...
