Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:19:45 +0000
BACOLOD CITY –– Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon on Monday expressed dismay over President Duterte’s call to bring back the death penalty.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:50:57 +0000
At least 16 bills mentioned in the President’s Sona have a “high chance” of getting the Senate’s approval, Senate President Tito Sotto said.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 01:44:15 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III wants a thorough study of the proposed liquor ban and closure of establishments and bars nationwide by midnight.
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Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 00:48:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines— For Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, getting six million Filipinos out of poverty was the “hardest” and “most demanding” challenge President Rodrigo Duterte had laid out in his State of the Nation Address (Sona). Speaking before the joint session of Congress on Monday, Duterte reported that poverty declined in the country. “Poverty […]
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:47:25 +0000
President Duterte won’t mind being jailed over the alleged extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, but on certain conditions.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:30:17 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – There are issues that militant groups have repeatedly raised every State of the Nation Address (Sona), regardless of who the country’s president is — from accusations of United States-sponsored imperialism, woeful labor conditions, and human rights abuses. These issues were still brought up as President Rodrigo Duterte was making his fourth Sona […]
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:23:24 +0000
President Duterte is still studying if he will sign the Security of Tenure bill, which is set to lapse into law by the end of this week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:59:37 +0000
Human rights advocates do not buy the results of the latest public satisfaction and trust ratings survey on President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:24:15 +0000
Two militant groups called out the government for the sedition cases filed against Vice President Leni Robredo and other personalities.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:35:08 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Workers’ salaries, prices of basic commodities, and employment have topped the list of issues the public would
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