Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III has disagreed with President Duterte's proposal to arm anti-crime volunteers to help in law enforcement. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (middle) leads the commemoration of the 123rd proclamation of Independence Day at Camp Crame in...
The counsel of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the family of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos will be sought by House Majority Leader and Lakas-CMD president Martin Romualdez in helping him reach a decision on whether or not to gun for the vice presidency next year. Romualdez...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has found a new home in Manila after apparently getting evicted from the Malacañang compound. The Presidential Communications Operations Office vacates the New Executive Building, its home for several years, and finds a new office space in...
Anti-crime civilians could avail of existing procedures to own and carry guns if they want to help law enforcement agencies in crime fighting as President Duterte had proposed, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Monday, June 28. But if the President wanted to ease the procedures for...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye PNoy passed away last Thursday at the age of 61. Like any man and like any President, he had his share of flaws. But I wish to remember him for his better qualities. He was humble, dignified, straightforward in manner and speech, and most important for me as a...
PNoy was focused on a singular objective: trace, contact and test all of the fellow passengers of ‘Patient One’ who had tested positive for MERS COV the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome caused by a coronavirus. He marshaled all of the relevant facts: the nature of the disease and how it was...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo is against the proposal of President Duterte to arm anti-crime volunteers to help the police enforce the law, saying that it opens opportunities for abuse. Speaking on her Sunday radio show, Robredo stressed that there are better solutions to the...
The expansion of the Embassy of Israel in the Philippines and the strengthening of bilateral relations between the two countries highlighted the “fruitful” diplomatic stint of outgoing Israeli Ambassador Rafael Harpaz in Manila. Outgoing Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares When Ms. Pinky Aquino-Abelleda read the Aquino family statement on the death of former President Noynoy Aquino Thursday of last week, she thanked the various constituents of the late Head of State. Pinky first mentioned the late President’s constituents from the...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our wife, former Congresswoman Gina, our son Congressman Christopher de Venecia, and we join the Aquino family, relatives and friends, and the Filipino people in mourning the untimely passing of the nation’s former President Benigno...
•The author covered the Aquino presidency for six years • Former President Aquino made himself broadly accessible to the media, giving frank and lengthy answers in interviews • With a copy of the Constitution on standby, PNoy rattled off facts and figures to back up pronouncements • He did...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Saturday, June 26, paid tribute to former President Benigno Aquino III as the country mourns the loss of its past president. The Philippine Red Cross led by its Chairman and CEO Senator Richard Gordon pays tribute to former President Benigno Aquino III (Photo from...
