Photo Caritas Philippines FB The Caritas Philippines called on the government to allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume its investigation on the anti-narcotics drive during the tenure of former President Rodrigo Duterte. The ICC investigation will "allow due process to run its...
​The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday it is ready to represent the Philippines in the international court following its resumption into the country's deadly war against drugs. Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, said the agency is yet to receive the official decision from the...
It's the House of Representatives' turn to look into the controversial onion price surge on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Onions at a Quezon City mall (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This, as the Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Quezon 1st district Rep. Mark Enverga will hold a briefing on...
Describing the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland as a "very lavish business trip", ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro says she and her fellow Makabayan bloc solons are mulling the filing of a resolution to probe the supposedly bloated Philippine delegation to the forum. ACT...
Key officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) have distanced themselves from the ongoing external investigation on the critical system glitch at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) last Jan. 1. DOTr Undersecretary Robert Lim attends the House Committee on...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US attorney general named an independent prosecutor Thursday to investigate President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, after a furor over secret papers found at his former office exploded with the discovery of a second batch. The new find -- like the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo In the span of two weeks, more than 16 million subscriber identity modules (SIMs) have been registered following the implementation of the SIM Registration Act. Currently, we are on track because our target is to register at least one million SIMs per day to complete...
Is there a "cartel" in the local onion industry? Onions in a Quezon City supermarket, and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This is the question Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo wants answered in House Resolution (HR) No. 681, which she...
Militant congressmen are calling on the Committee on Agriculture and Food to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on what they described as the "potential overpricing and price manipulation of onions in the market". (Unsplash) Makabayan bloc members ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro,...
The Makabayan bloc is prodding the House of Representatives to probe the alleged cases of Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (KOJC) church founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy as reported by United States (US) authorities. Pastor Apollo Quiboloy (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, December 14 called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) to provide protection for the inmate who blew the whistle on the number of high-profile prisoners who died inside the National Bilibid Prison (NBP). Hontiveros is referring to a report on GMA’s “24...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Poet, artist and activist Ericson Acosta died on Bonifacio Day, Nov. 30, at around 2 a.m., in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental. He was 50. The tributes continue to pour in from contemporaries, fellow poets and artists, classmates and friends. According to the 62nd Infantry Battalion...
