Prof. Jose Ma. Sison is very well and has fully recovered from his arthritis. This is the clarification made by National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiating panel chair Fidel V. Agcaoili in a statement issued on Saturday, July 21.
The Congressional bicameral panel approved on Wednesday night the final version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), renamed as the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), after six days of marathon hearings.
Secretary Leonor Briones of the Department of Education (DepEd) said the Duterte administration is the most supervised bureaucracy yet, in her speech at the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Public Sector HR Symposium at SMX, SM Lanang today.
The House of Representatives Makabayan opposition bloc has sought a congressional inquiry into the reported human rights violations committed against the indigenous peoples (IPs) in Lianga, Surigao del Sur that led to their evacuation anew.
A poll survey found more Davaoenos do not favor inquiry by the United Nations regarding the human rights track record of the Duterte government.