The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expressed its gratitude to the Leaders Forum, a bipartite body of labor and employer groups, for its support to the increase of the commission's budget. The Leaders Forum is composed of organizations such as the Employers Confederation of the Philippines,...
Local communist groups seem to target students who are shy but smart. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rose (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa pointed this out during the continuation of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs hearing on the issue. Aside...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested a suspected member of a potential Private Armed Group in Cagayan Valley in Cubao, Quezon City on July 1. Benjie, 42, of the Babaran Group was nabbed on a warrant of arrest issued in June last year. The suspect, of Baggao, Cagayan, faces a case for...
Former senator Gringo Honasan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Gringo Honasan-led Reform PH Party plans to establish "paramilitary groups" in what he called "key sensitive locations" such as areas near the West Philippine Sea...
A group of human rights activists, and some party-list lawmakers at the House of Representatives have asserted the need for justice and an end to attacks on environmental defenders and activists. They made the call after it was confirmed that environmental rights defenders and church workers...
A number of transportation coalition groups and tricycle operators urged President Marcos to stop the plan to allow more motorcycle taxis in Metro Manila, saying this would adversely affect the already meager income of existing operators and riders. The appeal came amid the ongoing pilot study...
(Courtesy of 802nd Infantry Brigade / Facebook) (Updated) Two alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels who were tagged in the killing of their former comrades who surrendered to the government died in an encounter with Philippine Army (PA) troops in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday morning, Feb. 10....
Philippine Army (PA) soldiers shoot dead two suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in an encounter in Cawayan, Masbate on Feb. 5, 2024. (Courtesy of 9th Infantry Division) Two suspected New People's Army rebels died in an encounter with Philippine Army (PA) soldiers in Cawayan, Masbate on...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has vowed to look into the concerns of transport groups that struggling to comply with the government’s proposed modernization program. Cayetano, during a press conference on November 25 in Baguio City, said he is ready to look into the plight of the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte would likely face a Quezon City prosecutor’s office that summoned him to answer the grave threats complaint filed against him by ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro. (From left) Former president Rodrigo Duterte and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France...
Thirteen major transport groups in the country have requested the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to limit the operation of modern public utility vehicles (PUVs) in selected routes in major urban areas in the country. In a letter addressed to DOTr Secretary Jaime Bautista, the group also...
Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, October 15 urged the Marcos administration to exercise caution in its pronouncements on the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Marcos made the call in light of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos...
