House Ways and Means Committee Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has proposed four amendments to the much-maligned Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 (Oil Deregulation Law), which he believes will mitigate the rapid increase in fuel prices. Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan -- The Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) nabbed at least 172 law violators and facilitated the surrender of 46 New Peoples Army (NPA) in a one-time, bigtime police operation. The Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) or one-day SACLEO focused on...
President Duterte is considering teaching and rearing young minds after his retirement from public service, stressing the need to “tell the younger generation of what is at stake.” President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the People” public briefing that was aired on Tuesday,...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Fifty years ago, Sept. 21, 1972, to be exact, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. proclaimed martial law in the Philippines, beginning his reign of 14 years as an unelected president. I was then 21 years old and in second year medical school in UP. I distinctly remember it...
When asked how he would respond to the economic effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, labor leader and presidential candidate Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman proposed the reversal of the long-maligned Oil Deregulation Law. De Guzman also condemned Russia’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine,...
It is no secret that senatorial candidate Sonny Matula will push for the protection of the labor sector if he wins, but he also explained that a strategy to end labor-only contractualization in the country is to raise employer penalty to a higher range from P30,000 to P50,000 per violation. Labor...
PASAHERO Party-list has added its voice to the growing clamor of stakeholders who want to suspend excise tax on oil products amid concerns that local pump prices would continue to climb in the coming weeks. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) According to Allan Yap, the party-list's founder, the proposed...
The De La Salle University (DLSU) renamed on Saturday, Feb. 26, its College of Law after nationalists and lawyers Lorenzo "Ka Tanny" Tañada, Sr. and Jose "Ka Pepe" Diokno. (Photo from Tanada-Diokno College of Law) The naming was the highlight of the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of...
Senatorial aspirant Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Saturday, Feb. 26, thanked the De La Salle University for renaming its College of Law to Tañada-Diokno College of Law to commemorate the legacy of his father, the late statesman, former Senator Jose W. “Ka Pepe" Diokno. Human rights lawyer Chel...
As Filipinos commemorate the momentous EDSA People Power Revolution on Friday, Feb.25, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) warned the public of the “radical distortions” in the history of Martial Law and EDSA People Power Revolution which is prevalent on various social...
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday declared martial law in the country after Russia started a military operation against Ukraine. In a video address, Zelensky said his country is under attack. According to the Interior Ministry, military depots and airfields in the...
Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio has pushed for the inclusion of the country's martial law period in the school curriculum amid waves of disinformation on atrocities and human rights violations during this era. Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio (Screenshot from 1Sambayan...
