Senator Cynthia Villar on Thursday, March 14 said she is keen on filing a resolution seeking an investigation into the reported construction of illegal structures within the vicinity of the Chocolate Hills, a protected area and major tourist attraction. “The Committee on Environment...
Vice President Sara Duterte should have paid more attention to the state of the country’s education sector instead of harping about the Senate’s investigation into the alleged abuses Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder and leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy committed against students and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the Senate to look into the alleged smuggling of two Bugatti Chiron sports cars into the Philippines “with an end view of abating the outright smuggling of luxury cars” in the country through legislation. Subject of Gatchalian’s resolution is...
Pastor Apollo Quiboloy should respond to the complaints of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who claimed that their salaries were forcibly taken as donations for himself and his religious group Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC). Senator Risa Hontiveros said this on Sunday, March 10 saying...
Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay has called on the Senate to investigate the deaths related to the unauthorized use of intravenous (IV) glutathione. Sen. Maria Lourdes Nancy Binay (Photo by Senate Social Media Unit) In filing Senate Resolution No. 952, Binay said she believes the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called on the Senate to look into the series of agrarian reform reversals and land reconsolidation done by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) against several agrarian reform beneficiaries in several parts of the country. Hontiveros lamented that farmers...
The Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, February 23 confirmed that the camp of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, leader of the religious sect Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), has already accepted the Senate’s subpoena on Thursday. According to Hontiveros’ office, the organization’s legal...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 21 warned Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy he would be arrested should he fails to attend in the next Senate inquiry into the alleged crimes committed by his religious organization. Hontiveros made the remark in...
A former Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) member on Monday, February 19 claimed that he saw former president Rodrigo Duterte and vice president Sara Duterte leaving the premises of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s Glory Mountain carrying bags of firearms. Rene, not his real name, told the Senate...
(Photo by Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin) An OCTA Research survey conducted in December 2023 found that more than half of Filipinos are in favor of the government working with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate drug-related killings that occurred under the Duterte administration....
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, Feb. 14, revealed that she and dad, former president Rodrigo Duterte, do not discuss the current International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into the previous administration’s bloody war on drugs campaign. (From left) Former president Rodrigo...
Caritas Philippines, the social action arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), has urged the government to "reconsider" its position on the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation into the drug war and related human rights violations. Photo from Caritas PH "We...
