An internationally recognized rights advocacy group on Thursday, Sept. 16 welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow the Office of the Prosecutor to proceed with formally investigating the alleged crimes committed under the Duterte administration’s controversial war...
The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has granted the request of its prosecutor to begin a probe on the alleged crimes related to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, including the hundreds of deaths that occurred under the controversial war-on-drugs campaign of the...
The executive department has no authority to prohibit private individuals from attending the Senate's investigation on the alleged anomalies in the government's procurement of COVID-19 supplies, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Wednesday, September 15. Senate President Vicente Sotto III...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Sept. 15 approved on third and final reading the bill proposing to reset next year’s elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to May, 2025. House of Representatives plenary With 187 affirmative and zero negative votes House Bill...
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno has high hopes that opposition coalition 1Sambayan will come up with a unified slate for the 2022 polls. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Albert Garcia/Manila Bulletin) Although failing to win in the 2019 senatorial elections, landing only the 21st spot, the son of...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has branded the Senate hearings on alleged corruption in government amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as a mere "question hour" and not a true-blue investigation "in aid of legislation". Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has posted a cryptic tweet apparently addressing President Duterte's plan to screen invitations for Cabinet officials in the upper chamber's hearings. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address on September 13, 2021. (Malacañang) "There are two...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met K-pop superstars BTS at Cheong Wa Dae, or Blue House, on Sept. 14 but what generated a lot of buzz was what was given to them. During the ceremony, Moon personally gave each BTS member a diplomatic passport and fountain pen as a gift. (Clockwise from top) BTS...
It's the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee under Senator Richard Gordon that's committing incitement to sedition, not President Duterte. Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Screenshot from Facebook live) Thus, said Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo as he defended Duterte's...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay Businessmen by nature are not prone to criticize a sitting administration on every matter involving national policy. But it took a policy gaffe of epic proportions, one with far-reaching consequences on the economy and the livelihood of...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar It’s not rocket science. Multiple studies have confirmed it. It is the playbook recommended by experts, including the World Health Organization (WHO), to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the strategy employed by countries that managed...
Citing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic as the reason, President Duterte has extended the life of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force up to the last day of his term on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Rj Baculo/ Unsplash) Duterte effected the extension through the signing of Executive Order (EO)...
