Party-list group Anakpawis urged the incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to hold Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman accountable for “negligence” when typhoon Pablo pounded the entire Davao region back in December 2012.
A Manila-based media watchdog said the proposal of presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte to restore death penalty will not end lawlessness across the country and branded it a “regressive step.”
Two progressive solons warned of Red scare tactics that may be used to prevent the resumption of the stalled peace talks between government and the National Democratic Front (NDF).
The country’s economy grew by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of 2016, the fastest in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and outpacing China for the first time in 27 years, the Department of Finance announced on Thursday, May 19.
The Commission on Elections' (Comelec) Board of Canvassers here proclaimed on Tuesday, May 10, re-electionists Mayor Allan Rellon and Vice Mayor Geterito Gementiza as the city’s Mayor-elect and Vice Mayor-elect, respectively.