The Department of National Defense (DND) on Sunday, June 28, accused the Chinese Embassy in Manila of showing “insincerity” and “duplicity” as the exchange between the Philippines and China over the 2016 South China Sea arbitral ruling intensified days before its 10th anniversary. DND...
The Philippines has called on the international community to reaffirm the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the legal framework governing the world 's oceans, as the country marks the 10th anniversary of the landmark 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award. Speaking...
The Philippines’ more-than-three-decade-old devolution program remains incomplete, with local government units (LGUs) and national agencies continuing to share responsibilities for many basic services despite the 1991 Local Government Code (LGC), according to state-run policy think tank...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, June 22, strongly rejected the recent statement of the Chinese Embassy in Manila questioning the validity of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, reiterating that the landmark ruling remains final, binding, and an integral part of international...
The Philippine government has lodged a diplomatic protest and issued several demarches against China over the presence of a floating structure in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), a move that underscores continuing tensions in the West Philippine Sea nearly a decade after Manila 's...
The former spokesperson of the Senate impeachment court under then Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said that the Supreme Court’s 14-0-1 decision on the term “forthwith” only proved that the critics were wrong, former Senate impeachment court spokesperson Atty. Regie Tongol said. ...
The Sandiganbayan has granted the motion of a former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) official and his wife to withdraw their appeal in a P5.3-million forfeiture case, effectively accepting an earlier court ruling that declared the amount as unexplained wealth. In a resolution...
Vice President Sara Duterte is once again facing intensified scrutiny after the Commission on Audit (COA) upheld the disallowance of P73.28 million in confidential funds, with Malacañang reiterating its firm stance on accountability and transparency. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO),...
Local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines are spending far below what is needed to deliver basic primary health care (PHC) services, according to state-run policy think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). A PIDS discussion paper t itled “Are Philippine Local...
Progressive fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday, Feb. 6, warned that the country’s declining municipal fisheries production could further worsen following a court ruling that permits commercial fishing vessels to operate within the...
While the Supreme Court (SC) declared the impeachment process against Vice President Sara Duterte as unconstitutional, it did not say there was no wrongdoing, President Marcos said. In a post-State Visit press briefing in India on Friday, Aug. 8, Marcos pointed out that the SC ruling has no...
Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said the Senate is standing by the provisions of the Constitution and rule of law when it voted in favor of heeding the Supreme Court’s decision on the impeachment case of Vice President Sara Duterte. Escudero made this clear when he explained his...
