MANILA — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will form a prosecution panel to handle the criminal complaints filed by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) represented by Police Lt. Col. Arnold Thomas Ibay in connection with the revelations made by Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy”. In a statement Thursday, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra...
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Charter flights, stricter Boracay air travel rules hailed
MANILA — The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Wednesday welcomed the move of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to lift its moratorium on flights to Boracay and its issuance of new and stricter guidelines on the conduct of commercial air transportation serving the resort island. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said this development could further spur the...
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DUTERTE’S 4TH STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA) WILL BE ‘SHORT’
MANILA – The fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte to be delivered on July 22 will be “short”, Malacañang said on Tuesday. “I asked him (Duterte) about the SONA this morning, he said ‘Oh, it will be short’. Yun na nga exact words niya(Those were his exact words),” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in...
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UNHRC RESOLUTION, ABUSE OF PROCESSES: MEDIALDEA
“No resolution from any international council, especially those led by States that are misinformed about the situation in our country, shall weaken our resolve to effectively protect our people’s lives, their properties and their freedoms,” Medialdea said
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ICELAND MAY HAVE BEEN FED WITH WRONG INFO: PALACE
MANILA — Iceland may have been fed with wrong information, which convinced its government to sponsor a resolution before the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seek a probe into the Philippines’ human rights situation, in relation to the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he and President Rodrigo Duterte...
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DUTERTE SIGNS LAW IMPOSING HEFTIER FINES FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
The new law under the Safe Spaces Act, imposes penalties and fines from ranging from PHP1,000 to PHP500,000 including prison terms ranging from six days to six months. It seeks to penalize the various forms of gender-based street, public spaces, and online sexual harassment.
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Netizens chide ‘woke’ Fil-Ams for bullying Indigenous People (IP) leaders in US tour
Netizens lamented that the Indigenous People (IP) communities have long been used by the CPP-NPA in their guerrilla warfare, saying remoteness from the center of development makes them potential recruits in the armed movement.
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No one can take respect away from us: Indigenous People (IP) leaders
Datu Jake Lanes, of the Mandaya-Manobo tribe, along with seven other indigenous people’s leaders are in the US for a speaking tour to break their silence on the deception and lies of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing
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Duterte may have been warned about possible coup: Panelo
MANILA — Malacañang on Tuesday said that top military officials may have warned President Rodrigo Duterte about a possible coup. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark a day after Duterte bared that the military was getting restive over problems, particularly, corruption within government. “Could be, dahil otherwise hindi sila nagsasalita ng ganoon eh. Meron siguro siyang info, very reliable...
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PRRD ‘happy’ that more Filipinos appreciate his work
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he was “happy” that four of five Filipinos appreciate his performance as the country’s leader. Duterte made this reaction after Social Weather Station (SWS) released a survey which showed that 80 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied, nine percent undecided, and 12 percent dissatisfied with his performance. “As...