Views from the Ridge Justice Arturo Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy School lessons learned in younger years often become dormant ideas unless incited back to memory by some current needs or activities. I found two such lessons, both from Physics that I took up years ago, as I looked...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, July 7 said that the new coalition of key political parties in the country has started to take shape “sooner than expected”. Mayor Sara Duterte Romualdez, president of Lakas-CMD, said the coalition is ready to push...
The People’s Reform Party, a political party organized by the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, on Wednesday, July 7, will support Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte if she opts to seek the presidency in 2022. Miriam's PRP Currently headed by the late senator’s husband, Narciso Santiago Jr.,...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the People's Reform Party (PRP) will support the candidates of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) in the 2022 elections but insisted that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio should run for the presidency. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque speaks at the 'Run Sara...
VIEWS FROM THE RIDGE Justice Arturo D. Brion, Chancellor, Philippine Judicial Academy In contemplating judicial reforms, the questions that one inevitably encounters relate to the “what, when, where, and how” of the reforms or changes to be introduced. These questions themselves unavoidably...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, July 1, led the way in augmenting the capacities of the Cabungbungan Linggahub United Farmers & Farmworkers Association (CALUFFA), the majority of whom are beneficiaries of the Agrarian Reform Law. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the virtual...
The Philippines is hopeful that Saudi Arabia will expand its Labor Reform Initiative (LRI) to cover migrant workers engaged in domestic work. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The country has lauded Saudi Arabia's reforms aimed at easing some contractual restrictions on migrant...
The Philippine is seeking to enhance the country's bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia, particularly in the protection of thousands of Filipino migrant workers. President Rodrigo Duterte confers the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu (Grand Cross) Silver Distinction on outgoing Ambassador...
More than 500 farmers in Isabela and Cagayan are scheduled to receive land titles as well as agricultural support services from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) this coming weekend. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Agrarian Secretary Brother John Castriciones will distribute...
Things are looking up for the livelihood of farmer communities in Cebu province as local agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) are set to benefit from having their own lands as well as new bridges in the area. LAND OWNERS, FINALLY -- Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu province finally receive...
Undistributed land titles in Central Luzon are now down to less than a thousand after 75 percent of them were successfully awarded to farmer-beneficiaries. Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Brother John Castriciones (Photo courtesy of DAR) Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary John R....
Various government agencies have promised to assist a Pangasinan town's burgeoning cassava industry, which was created through sheer necessity during the most difficult stretches of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-triggered lockdown last year. Cassava chips and Cassava cake (Photo courtesy of...
