Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Wednesday warned the public over a fake Facebook account that uses her name in an apparent financing fraud.
Progressive lawmakers on Tuesday denounced the Duterte administration for claiming that it is powerless to eradicate contractualization in the country.
Workers of giant bottling company Coca-Cola here were protesting their retrenchment from the company when they were violently dispersed, and 10 of them, including their leader were arrested and filed charges of grave coercion.
While the rest of the Christian Filipinos celebrated the Holy Week in church festivities, thousands of Meranaw residents in this Islamic city staged a symbolic protest to condemn the slow-paced government rehabilitation of their homes ravaged by war.”
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison stressed on Tuesday that the cooperation of both chambers of Congress is needed for the revival and success of the peace talks between the NDFP and the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
Progressive lawmakers denounced Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for slamming the doors for the resumption of peace talks with the communists.
Human rights group Karapatan on Tuesday denounced the statements of top-ranking government officials accusing some human rights groups of being in cahoots with drug lords, saying these are attempts to justify attacks against human rights activists and political dissenters.
Various multi-sectoral groups welcomed the efforts of 61 members of the House of Representatives who filed House Resolution 1803 which urged the government to resume its stalled peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) launched on Monday the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA) which will take effect this academic year (AY) 2018 to 2019.
Ilocos Norte Gov. Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos has reiterated her interest to run in the senatorial race next year although she has not confirmed it if she would be in the final list of the slate as the country’s ruling political party has recently divulged the initial list of its candidates for the 2019 midterm elections.
