A French admiral for Asia-Pacific will be coming to Manila next week for meetings with various military and diplomatic officials as the Philippines is expanding its Western alliance amid challenges over the South China Sea. Rear Admiral Geoffroy d’Andigné will be in Manila from June 26 to 30,...
French Ambassador to the Philippines Michele Boccoz announced on Saturday, June 17, that one of its warships, the FS Lorraine, will be in Manila for a “drill” with the Philippine Navy. (From left) FS Lorraine is refuelled by the US supply ship USNS Rappahannock in the Philippine Sea (Photo...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Wednesday, January 18, warned that the bullying tactics of former Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celis would threaten to undo the credible gains made against the insurgency. ’These bullying tactics of Lorraine Badoy and Jeffrey Celis, as in the case...
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong slammed on Monday, Jan. 16, “unfounded and baseless” tirades that linked him to the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), saying that he was gravely insulted. Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong (File photo) Magalong said he...
Makabayan solons, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, filed a resolution, condemning several commissioners of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and officials of the Sonshine Media Network International News (SMNI) for red-tagging authors of some books that were alleged to be subversive, while ordering that...
Home improvement and finishing construction supplies retailer Wilcon Depot Inc. registered a 49 percent surge in net income to P1.86 billion in the first half of 2022. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm attributed the strong growth to higher net sales and gross profit margin...
Angat Buhay program on Friday pushed back against Lorraine Badoy, the former spokesperson of the government's anti-communist task force, by seeking legal charges against her for her "shameless" and "baseless" red-tagging of the non-governmental organization. In a statement, Raffy Magno said the NGO...
Home improvement firm Wilcon Depot Inc. is boosting its capital expenditure budget to P3.9 billion this year from the P2.16 billion spend in 2021 to support its continued store expansion program. In an interview after the firm’s annual stockholders’ meeting, Wilcon President Lorraine...
Wilcon Depot, Inc., the Philippines’ leading home improvement and finishing construction supplies retailer, reported a 40.7 percent hike in net income to P851 million in the first quarter of 2021 from the P604 million earned in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
Re-electionist Senator Leila De Lima called a bad April Fool's Day joke the interview of convicted retired army general Jovito Palparan with anti-communist insurgency task force Spokesperson Lorraine Badoy. Senator Leila De Lima (FILE PHOTO) "It came a day too early. A bad joke for April Fool’s...
The Legal Advocates and Defenders for Leni (Leni LEAD) asked Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), to take down Facebook posts red-tagging Vice President Leni Robredo or face legal actions. Presidential...
Members of the Makabayan coalition have filed criminal complaints against National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Badoy and other NTF-ELCAC officials before the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) Law department. Makabayan bloc nominees hold up the...
