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MANILA, Philippines — Umabot na sa 85-anyos ang tinaguriang pinakamatandang bilanggong pulitikal sa Pilipinas na si Gerardo Dela Pena — isang Martial Law survivor na ikinakampanyang mapalaya dahil sa edad at estado ng kalusugan.
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) yesterday relieved seven officers who are under investigation for conducting strip cavity searches on female visitors of inmates at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa.
With his signature bombast, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a crowd of cheering supporters in January that his successor was a drug addict. The man who replaced him, Ferdinand «Bongbong» Marcos Jr, shot back, saying the former leader must have hurled the insult in an opioid-fuelled haze.
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s political party on Wednesday inked a formal alliance with the country's dominant party, laying the groundwork for the launch of his administration's senatorial slate ahead of the 2025 midterm elections.
Mr. President, dear colleagues, twenty years ago this month, a phone call changed the course of our country's history. To jog our collective memories, recorded phone calls between a presidential candidate who was then trailing behind the votes, and then-Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, resulted in the biggest electoral crisis that this country has seen.
MANILA, Philippines — House leaders warned the Senate on Wednesday that it is “losing its integrity” by continuing to investigate an unverified document linking the president to illegal drug use – words that reflect the lower chamber’s suspicions that a full-blown destabilization plot against the Marcos administration is underway.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) said on Wednesday that they are conducting separate investigations into reported cases of strip searches involving visiting relatives of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the National Bilibid Prison (NBP).
MANILA, Philippines — Labis na nabahala ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa balitang "pinaghuhubad" at "pinatutuwaad" ang ilang bumibisita sa New Bilibid Prison, dahilan para magkasa ng imbestigasyon ang Department of Justice (DOH) tungkol sa reklamo.
SENATOR Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr., Chairman of Lakas-CMD, expressed his enthusiasm Wednesday (May 8) over the cementing of the alliance between President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s political party, the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and Lakas.