Representatives from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) could soon be included in all anti-drug operations by the Philippine National Police (PNP) if a bill proposed by a congresswoman is enacted. File photo of several men carrying the body of an illegal drug suspect during a drug raid in Quiapo,...
The word war between Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte and the Makabayan bloc continued to rage on Thursday, Aug. 11, after one of the militant lawmakers referred to Duterte as the new “red-tagging queen". Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and Kabataan...
Malacañang assured the public that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. trusts that his chief of police will continue the country's anti-illegal drugs campaign. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In her press briefing on Thursday, August 11, Press Secretary...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan blasted its "evil neighbour next door" on Friday after China encircled the island with a series of huge military drills that were condemned by the United States and other Western allies. This screen grab from a video by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian ​wants an assessment carried out on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Philippine energy security and affordability. With fuel prices still rising, Gatchalian believed there is a need for Congress to look into the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war in terms...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, who previously led the Duterte administration's war on drugs as police chief, said Wednesday, Aug. 3, that he is one with ​the victims and families of the bloody campaign. However, he said he is not willing to face prosecution from the international court...
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States blacklisted Russian President Vladimir Putin's purported girlfriend and the tycoon owner of the second-largest estate in London Tuesday in the latest round of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Also hit with US business bans were several...
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa welcomed on Tuesday, Aug. 2 President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision not to make the Philippines rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), as he acknowledged being the "number 2 accused" in criminal cases filed before international probers. "I must...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. no longer has to issue an order to speed up the investigation on drug war-related killings as "it is already a part of the justice system." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Press Secretary Trixi Cruz-Angeles stated this on Tuesday,...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. declared that the Philippines has no intention in rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "The Philippines has no intention of rejoining the ICC," Marcos said in a press...
"A war hero and an innovator in his own right." The late president Fidel V. Ramos (Reuters photo) This was how Senator Francis Tolentino described the late former President Fidel Ramos, who passed away on Sunday, July 31. “I join the nation in mourning the passing of former President Fidel Valdez...
KYIV, Ukraine -- She should have awoken to the sound of popping champagne corks on her wedding day, but Tetyana was instead startled out of bed by Russian rocket fire near her home in central Ukraine. A newly married couple hold each other in the street, in the center of Kyiv on July 23, 2022....
