Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday welcomed the House of Representatives’ move to finally pass their own version of the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (anti-OSAEC) bill. The Senate approved its version of the measure, Senate Bill No. 2209, in May 2021. The House Committee...
Vice presidential aspirant and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday called on members of the Senate and House of Representatives to expedite the passage into law of the measure that seeks a separate facility for prisoners convicted of heinous crimes. Sotto said Senate Bill No. 1055, or the...
The Philippines and Cambodia had discussed cooperation between the two countries' police forces in combating transnational crime and their intention to learn from their experiences and practices in local government administration. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng...
With 222 affirmative and zero negative votes the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Dec. 1 passed on third and final reading the bill providing for the segregation in a separate facility of high-level convicts from those serving time for lesser offenses. Prison cell Passage of House Bill 10355...
Opposition senator Leila De Lima said on Saturday, Nov. 20 that the reasons cited by the government for the suspension of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation were just done to delay the proceedings, if not for the ICC to entirely defer investigation and prosecution to President...
The Duterte administration may have made a blunder by requesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) to defer its investigation on President Duterte’s war on drugs, according to an assessment made by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has welcomed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s move to withdraw the bill he filed which seeks to reinstate the death penalty for heinous crimes. De Lima urged the Senate to instead give more push to the bill she filed which seeks to mete qualified reclusion perpetua to...
Regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can improve cooperation with India in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism, and transnational crimes "through exchanges of best practices and information". (Photo from Wikipedia/ Unsplash) President Duterte had this to say...
The leaders of the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) vowed to collectively strive to prevent and combat transnational crime through stronger cross-pillar and cross-sectoral cooperation in the post coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) era, the Department of the Interior and...
President Duterte has revealed one of his "things-to-do" after he goes back to being a civilian next year: to prepare his defense for his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on Monday, October 4, 2021....
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday said he supports calls for increased police visibility to prevent further incidents of anti-Asian hate related crimes committed against Filipinos in the United States. Lacson made the call following the latest incident where a female Filipino consular...
Photo from World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck Facebook page Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson stepped up to aid a Filipino food truck business in Salt Lake City after it was vandalized with racist messages early this week. In a social media post, the Fil-American NBA player said he teamed up with...
