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Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:50:00 +0800

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, December 19, that the matter of clemency for Mary Jane Veloso is still far off, but acknowledged that the Philippine government is fully in control of her freedom.

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:40:00 +0800

Lt. Gen. Arthur Cordura on Thursday officially stepped into his new role as the new commanding general of the Philippine Air Force, assuming the role after outgoing Lieutenant General Stephen Parreño retired.

Credit to Author: Michael Punongbayan| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. has rejected the idea of implementing another holiday truce with the New People’s Army during the holiday season.

Credit to Author: Christine Boton| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

In 2015, then justice secretary Leila de Lima was one of three Cabinet officials who, together with then president Benigno Aquino III, appealed to Indonesia to spare Mary Jane Veloso from execution.

Credit to Author: Delon Porcalla| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

After four months of hearings, officials of the quad committee of the House of Representatives recommended yesterday the filing of charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte and seven others for alleged extrajudicial killings during his term.

Credit to Author: Emmanuel Tupas| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0800

After 14 years on death row in Indonesia and being nearly executed by firing squad for drug trafficking, Mary Jane Veloso came home to the Philippines yesterday and was welcomed by the embrace of her family.

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:01:00 +0800

The House Quad Committee recommended on Wednesday, December 18, the filing of crimes against humanity charges against former President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies for his war on drugs and its alleged incentivized extrajudicial killings.  The mega panel, which also probed the illegal drug trade and illegal operations of Philippine offshore scam hubs, urged for a police investigation into identified “big fishes” and Chinese nationals perpetuating these criminal activities. 

Credit to Author: Dominique Nicole Flores| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:32:00 +0800

Tingog Party-list announced on Wednesday, December 18, its withdrawal from the memorandum of agreement with the Development Bank of the Philippines and Philippine Health Insurance Corp. for the rural healthcare financing program.

Credit to Author: Ian Laqui| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:40:00 +0800

“Sana po mabigyan na niya (Marcos) ako ng executive clemency,” Veloso said shouting to the members of the media inside the barbed-wired enclosed facility.

Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:53:00 +0800

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is sure to veto certain items in the 2025 budget, according to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on Wednesday, December 18.