Let’s mimic a pageant Q&A and ask me ‘What is the relevance of byukons to the LGBTQIA+ community?’ This is my answer By Jontie Martinez WINNER! The author in winning form They call us konteseras or byukoneras , a play on the words beauty contest . We reigned in every nook and cranny where...
A group of education workers is currently protesting the lack of support coming from the government amid pandemic using their laptops. Photo from ACT/FB Using the hashtags #GuroHindiMakina and #LaptopProtest, members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) started holding protests using their...
Malacañang has no information about the reported lingering presence of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea based on data obtained by a United States-based technology firm. The Chinese vessels spotted by local authorities at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task...
Vice President Leni Robredo revealed on Tuesday, May 18, that she’s happier as a mother to her three daughters than becoming the country’s second-highest official. VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Robredo has three daughters—Aika, Tricia, and Jillian—with the late interior...
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. Protesters set a fire during a demonstration in solidarity with the...
An irate Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday ordered his department to file a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of 287 Chinese vessels in Philippine waters as earlier announced by the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS). Foreign Secretary...
Veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal, who is also Vice President Leni Robredo’s lead counsel, said on Tuesday, May 11, that only “luck” will reverse the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) that junked the electoral protest filed by former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Vice President Leni...
The Philippine government on Monday announced that it has protested the “shadowing, blocking, dangerous maneuver, and radio challenges” made by the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) against Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels conducting legitimate maritime patrols and training exercises in the...
The Philippine government’s filing of diplomatic protests against China has resulted in decreasing presence and activities of Chinese vessels in the country’s maritime zone, a maritime expert revealed on Thursday, April 29. Professor Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of the...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday directed his department to file a diplomatic protest against China following the continued presence of Chinese vessels in Julian Felipe Reef, a feature that is way within the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ). DFA Secretary Teodoro...
The Philippine government has filed two new diplomatic notes against China in protest against the “continued deployment, lingering presence, and activities of Chinese vessels in Philippine maritime zones,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, April 23. Photos of Chinese vessels...
More than 50 people have now been killed and 1,000 arrested in a brutal crackdown by the police and the military on the people of Myanmar, who have been demonstrating in the country’s streets since February 1. The military mounted a military coup that ousted the government of civilian leader Aung...
