Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa on Thursday, February 26, clarified that the department is not imposing — and is not recommending — any penalties for parents who choose not to immunize their children. In a statement, the DOH emphasized that education and informed...
Reelectionist Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said he is determined to refile the bill seeking to reimpose death penalty for high-level drug traffickers should he win in the upcoming midterm elections. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa (MB File Photo) The former Philippine...
Death penalty by firing squad for public officials convicted of corruption will not eradicate corruption in the country, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said. Instead, the CHR proposed a more holistic solution that is rooted in human rights. The CHR's statement was issued after House Bill No....
Zamboanga 1st district Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso (Facebook) Showing his disdain for corrupt government officials, Zamboanga 1st district Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso has filed a measure that seeks to impose death by firing squad as penalty for corrupt public...
The Philippines has voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution banning the death penalty across the world. The Philippines was among the 130 countries that favored the global moratorium on death penalty; while 32 voted against. Twenty-two countries abstained in the...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) Long-time death penalty revival backer Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers can't help but renew his advocacy for capital punishment...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed as "severe disregard for human rights" a barangay (village) ordinance in Bangued, Abra that proposed "execution or death penalty" for the third offense of illegal garbage dumping. In a statement, the CHR said the ordinance and the subsequent posting...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is proposing a bold response to China’s recent execution of two Filipinos for drug-related offenses. The response that the veteran lawmaker wants is a tit-for-tat; basically, an...
(Unsplash) The chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs believes that the Philippines should be able to impose death penalty on foreigners who bring in illegal drugs, in the same way that foreign governments implement it against Filipinos. Surigao del...
(Unsplash) House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chairman Surigao del Norte 1st district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers says the death penalty "could be a deterrent" against the entry of huge hauls of illegal drugs in the country. "I guess it could be a deterrent,...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will mete out administrative penalties on transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) if it cannot provide justifiable explanation or grounds why it had been swamped with project delays. “The ERC required the NGCP to explain why it...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued show-cause orders (SCOs) to 25 electric cooperatives and three private distribution utilities (DUs), mandating them to explain why they failed to justify pass-through fuel costs that they have reflected in the electricity bills of their customers....
