OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Among overseas Filipinos, Saudi Arabia-based Eli Mua is probably one of the most ardent and dedicated OFW welfare advocates. Through his nearly daily Facebook posts and frequent liaisons with different OFW groups in the Middle East and in the Philippines he has strongly...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has reassured the Filipino people that the Duterte administration would guide the country’s next leaders toward a seamless transition of power. “Maaga pa lang ay naghanda na ang Pangulo at ang kanyang transition team para sa maayos at sistematikong pagsasalin...
Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the administration of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. needs to increase government revenues while eliminating wasteful expenditures to get ahead of the country’s debt problem. After the Bureau of the Treasury reported...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año is hoping that the next administration will support the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign and the continue to sustain the gains of the government's anti-communist insurgency program through the National Task...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said the 24-member Senate has a bloc of almost a dozen independently elected senators who are looking forward to working productively with the new administration for the good of the Filipino people. Zubiri, a re-electionist, has made it to the "Magic 12",...
The prospective administration of leading presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos will be quite accommodating to vloggers. (John Esperancilla/ Unsplash) This can be gleaned from the statement of Marcos spokesperson and chief-of-staff, lawyer Vic Rodriguez, who on Wednesday afternoon, May 11, was...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go on Tuesday renewed his appeal to Filipinos to uphold the sanctity of the elections and respect the results that would come after. Go made the appeal hours after partial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) show former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong”...
Senator Imee Marcos has warned that the government is about to violate the law in resuming the importation of 200,000 metric tons of sugar despite two court orders suspending it. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate committee on economic affairs, said that the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) on...
Political repression. That's how Magdalo Party-list Rep. Manuel Cabochan III described the treatment of the incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima as he joined the call to free her from detention. Senator Leila de Lima (Photo from Facebook/Leila de Lima) This, after self-confessed drug lord Rolan...
In this file photo taken on May 07, 2021, Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccines are seen on a table in Los Angeles, California. Frederic J. BROWN / AFP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of Janssen Covid-19 vaccine as booster shots among fully vaccinated...
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
The more than 700 police officers who were involved in the illegal drug trade should not only be dismissed from service, but they must also be prosecuted and jailed, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno said. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s Facebook page) Diokno made the remark...
