By GERMELINA LACORTE Cardeno’s unexplained death while working for the US troops in February and the death of the Philippine Army officer a month later have renewed calls among militant groups to junk the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the US and the Philippines.
By GERMELINA LACORTE Groups catering to the financing needs of the poorest of the poor admitted having a hard time bringing their services to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) because of the high risk and the high cost it entails.
By GERMELINA LACORTE Davao City’s first woman mayor and the youngest to have been elected to the post finally took her oath of office Monday morning, switching role with her father, the incoming vice mayor, and ushering in another era of the Duterte’s unquestioned rule in the city.
By GERMELINA LACORTE Carmen Gultiano, a voter in one of the precinct clusters at the Daniel Aguinaldo National High School, came out of her precinct tired, agitated and unable to hide her frustrations after spending six hours just to vote. Gultiano arrived at her precinct at eight o'clock in the morning and was only able to vote at two thirty in the afternoon.
By GERMELINA LACORTE Foreign observers said they’re aware that Filipinos will be braving bullets and bribes in today’s first ever automated elections but hope that their presence will deter electoral fraud.