Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me Injustice of Leila de Lima: The Challenge of Reckoning Even if we knew exactly who are responsible for Leila de Lima’s 7-year wrongful imprisonment, who could make them responsible? The Executive? Congress? Ombudsman? Let us go through them one by one. Sen. Risa Hontiveros called on “the authorities […]
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[T]he PDP target is for AFF exports to annually by 6.4%. Under PBBM, not only did they not increase by that 6.4% a year, the value of real exports actually contracted by a dismaying 12.5%.
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The barangay elections are over, and it’s time to get involved. As a member of the community, you have the power to suggest members for the Lupon Tagapamayapa, the barangay justice system, and object to the PB’s list. Additionally, the Barangay Assembly allows you to initiate legislative processes, adopt initiatives as a legal process, and hear and pass upon the Sangguniang Barangay’s semestral report. Don’t wait to get involved and ensure good governance in your barangay.
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Menu Home Articles Media Reader, Join Me Why Hide, Mr. President? New trips to “strengthen” old investments? Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2023 Why does PBBM go to such great lengths to hide the fact that he is an ardent fan of the Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix races in Singapore, and will do almost anything
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President BBM recently declared on August 1 that the Philippines would not rejoin the ICC. No cogent reasons regarding national interest were given — the “we will lose our sovereignty” argument is neither cogent nor accurate as seen below. Note that he, as a Senator in 2011, concurred with the ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC.
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Actually, Reader, I have not seen a single news report that even hints at the possibility of the accountability of Frasco in the fiasco. So much so that I was forcibly reminded of the SWS survey that found that 47% of adult Filipinos agree that “it is dangerous to print or broadcast anything critical of the administration, even if it is the truth,” while only 26 percent disagreed with the statement and 27 percent were undecided, based on the poll conducted from Dec. 10 to Dec. 14, 2022. So I don’t know where the demolition or the smear campaign that her Cebu supporters are talking about is coming from.
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