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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Office of the Ombudsman have started their separate probes to determine the liability of government officials responsible for granting permits for the establishment and operation of a resort at the foot of Chocolate Hills.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday ordered the implementation of a temporary closure order earlier issued against a resort at the Chocolate Hills in Bohol amid viral social media posts of a swimming pool built right at the foot of the declared National Geological Monument.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated, 6:02) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Wednesday that it had issued a closure order and a notice of violation to the administrator of a resort within the vicinity of Chocolate Hills in Bohol for operating without an environmental compliance certificate.
MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Gregorio Honasan II, one of the prominent figures of the 1986 EDSA People Power uprising, called for a stop to political bickering, as the country commemorates today the 38th anniversary of the event which toppled the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
MANILA, Philippines — All presidents in the post-Marcos Sr. era managed to reduce the country’s poverty level, with the country surviving both the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the 2008 global meltdown, but not the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
MANILA, Philippines — The rampant vote-buying in local politics every three years, brought about by the election of congressmen, governors down to the mayoralty level – as mandated in the 1987 Constitution – is among the best arguments for Charter change, an administration lawmaker reiterated.
MANILA, Philippines — Thirty -six years since the 198 Constitution was passed should be more than enough time for the country’s highest elected officials to understand the urgent need to revise the Charter so that the Philippines will no longer lag behind its neighbors, according to a congressman.