Manila, Philippines – Leila de Lima was released from detention last month into what the former Philippines senator calls “a whole new world”. In 2016, then-President Rodrigo Duterte promised to “dest...
12.08.2023 Aljazeera.com and 2 sitesPhilippine National Police chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. on Monday thanked President Marcos for extending his term for another four months. In a speech during the flag-raising ceremony in Camp Crame,...
12.04.2023 Inquirer.net and 1 sites< span style=font-weight: 400; > Up to 17, 000 female school-aged children in Pampanga will receive much-needed protection against cervical cancer since Pampanga LGU’s large-scale, school-based ...
12.07.2023 Inquirer.net and 1 sitesLeading members of the Philippines’ House of Representatives have thrown their support behind the revival of the peace process with the country’s communist rebels, a day after Vice President Sara Dute...
12.04.2023 Inquirer.net and 3 sitesIt was a successful 18th anniversary party for us at Go Negosyo. Last Monday, Nov. 27, I had the pleasure of hosting Vice President and Department of Education Secretary Sara Duterte and no less than former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the party marking our 18th year. The two represent the past and the future of Go Negosyo. GMA was the reason I began my journey in MSME advocacy; without her, I wouldn’t be here. Back in 2005, she asked me to be a Presidential Consultant for Entrepreneursh...
12.03.2023 Philstar.com and 2 sitesIt was saddening, not just disheartening, to realize terrorism remains deeply rooted in our country. It reared its ugly head again in the blasting of a Christian mass being held at the Mindanao State ...
12.05.2023 Philstar.com and 2 sitesMANILA, Philippines—The Philippines, pushed by then President Rodrigo Duterte, withdrew from the international treaty Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2018 without concu...
12.06.2023 Inquirer.net and 1 sitesIn 2023, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. will have one of the most successful first year presidencies of a newly elected Philippine president. Consider the following: Under BBM, our economy ...
12.06.2023 Philstar.com and 1 sitesRecently, I had the opportunity to engage (and grapple with) two works about Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. The first, “Aswang” (2019), is the documentary film by Alyx Ayn Arumpac which won the Famas Bes...
12.08.2023 Inquirer.netSorry for the rain. ” Thus said First Lady Liza Marcos to me when I greeted her “Merry Christmas” at last week’s lighting ceremony for Malacañang’s 15-meter-tall Christmas tree on the circular driveway in front of the historic Kalayaan Hall. All the ...
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