Two senators are calling for swift and impartial justice be served to the family of an 18-year old with special needs who was supposedly killed in a scuffle in Valenzuela City last May 23. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the victim, Edwin Arnigo, a person with autism, was reportedly shot in a gun...
For Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the Philippines cannot afford to relax its campaign against illegal drugs like what Portugal did in 2001 due to the country's proximity to China, the region’s “smuggling center of illegal drug exports.” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin...
The Philippines has taken "a little bit stronger" stance in dealing with China over the West Philippine Sea but will never start a war, President Duterte said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a televised address Monday, May 17, the President told China that any...
The Philippines would rather live in peace than fight alongside the United States in any of war or conflict, President Duterte declared in a recent public address. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President, still bearing a grudge for the past US colonial rule over the...
Concerned about the safety and welfare of the people, President Duterte issued a stern warning to Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) against committing acts of violence that harm the innocent population. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 13, 2021 (Malacañang) The...
Filipino-American Char McGinnis was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force just in time for the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), the United States Embassy in Manila said in a post on Twitter Saturday, May 8. Filipino-American Lt. Col. Char McGinnis...
The Philippines is hopeful that the memory of those who died during World War II will serve as a reminder for the world of the cost of reclaiming peace and defending it in the present time. Photo from DFA Twitter account (@DFAPHL) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made the statement as it...
Has President Duterte lost faith in the United States as a reliable partner? President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) The President has bared a grudge against the United States and declared the Filipino nation should no longer count on its oldest ally to help amid the country's simmering dispute...
Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite assailed on Tuesday, April 27, the Ombudsman's decision to dismiss charges against the policemen who were involved in keeping 12 detainees inside a "secret cell" in Tondo, Manila in 2017. Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite (BAYAN MUNA...
Anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) seized some P68 million worth of shabu after the arrest of a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust in Cavite on Monday, April 26. Police seize P68 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust in Cavite on Monday, April 26, which also resulted...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House We are delighted that our son, Congressman Christopher de Venecia, spearheaded the restoration of the home economics building of our old school, the Dagupan Elementary School, now West Central Elementary School, which served as the brief...
Panic gripped residents in Batanes when a backhoe operator accidentally excavated an unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Basco town, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Friday, April 23. The PCG said the UXO was discovered by an unidentified backhoe operator in Barangay Chanarian during a clearing...
