His arrest will make his daughter, current Vice President Sara Duterte, a president in 2028 if she decides to run, former president Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, March 11. Former president Rodrigo Duterte questions his arrest by the International Criminal Court over crimes against...
Vice President Sara Duterte claimed that her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, was being forcibly taken to The Hague in The Netherlands on Tuesday night, March 11, after he was arrested earlier today. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and former president Rodrigo Duterte at the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo deferred queries on the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte to law enforcement agencies because the Philippines is no longer a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo speaks to the media after...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the disqualification of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) in handling the civil forfeiture case filed against businessman Ernest de Leon Escaler. Escaler is a respondent in the civil case docketed as SB-14-CVL-0002 for...
The Westin Manila executive chef Rej and Cosmic Philippines executive chef Rodel cook up vegan renditions to classic Filipino comfort food On Mondays from March 10 to April 14, 2025, Seasonal Tastes transforms. The Westin Manila, in collaboration with Cosmic Philippines, reimagines Filipino comfort...
Engr. Ana Trinidad Rivera of the Food and Drug Administration Philippines (left) and DTI Assistant Secretary Engelbert Josef Chua (right) The Chamber of Cosmetics Industry of the Philippines (CCIP) kicked off the year with its 1st General Membership Meeting (GMM) for 2025, titled “Pillars...
REFLECTIONS TODAY In telling us to call God “Abba,” the commonly used Jewish word for “father” or “Dad,” Jesus designates us as God’s children. And as we are his children, Jesus is our brother. The risen Jesus tells Mary Magdalene, “I am going to my Father and your...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE The world is experiencing a rapid increase in temperatures, with heat records broken almost daily, due to the now-undeniable effects of climate change. With increasing hot weather comes the accompanying shifts in the seasons, when rainfall is increased and irregular in...
Marcos administration’s gross borrowings increased to ₱2.56 trillion in 2024 amid massive increases in both domestic and foreign borrowings, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported. Data from the BTr showed that total borrowings went up ₱370 billion last year. This is equivalent to a nearly...
With the dry season approaching, the government should allow companies to exercise “common sense” in implementing their health and safety policies, according to Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr. In a recent interview, Ortiz-Luis said employers...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The parable of the Last Judgment or the Judgment of the Nations tells us how we shall be judged personally once we pass on from this life or in the universal judgment at the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The criterion of judgment is not how we have attended to...
FROM THE MARGINS Are we prepared to embrace the future that is arriving faster than we expected? I am, of course, talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is transforming industries across the world. I have been receiving a lot of invitations to attend seminars and conferences about...
