Legal action vs China over cyanide use in WPS at Marcos' discretion — SolGen
MANILA, Philippines — The decision to file environmental charges against China rests with the president, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on Tuesday.
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Press Release - Bong Go advocates for disaster preparedness during Liga ng mga Barangay - Northern Samar Chapter seminar in Pasay City
Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go stressed the importance of disaster preparedness in the Philippines during his attendance at the Liga ng mga Barangay - Northern Samar Chapter's Restricted Land Mobile Permit and Disaster Preparedness Operation seminar and workshop in Pasay City on Sunday, February 18.
Such an obvious trap
While watching a press conference in Congress inviting senators to debate over AI or the artificial initiative falsely referred to as PI or people’s initiative, my immediate reaction was: It’s a trap! Then I remembered a verse in the Bible that accurately sums up the situation.
Marcos not changing stance on ICC
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is not changing his stance that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippines despite a recent poll suggesting that the majority of Filipinos are in favor of the government cooperating with the tribunal on its probe on the deaths tied to the previous administration’s drug war.
Japan steps up in its global role
In the early 70s, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger mistakenly believed that as China grew in wealth on the back of the free trade system, the communist nation would abandon its Maoist principles and embrace western values. Upon Kissinger’s advice, President Nixon ushered in China’s entry into the free trade system. Years later, President Clinton took it a step further by facilitating China’s membership in the World Trade Organization. China’s economic miracle followed.
Marcos cool to rice instead of money as 4Ps aid
MANILA, Philippines — The government will still consider the proposal to give rice instead of cash aid to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) even if President Marcos and Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian think it may be logistically difficult.
Marcos approves release of P9.7 billion unprogrammed funds for DPWH projects
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has approved the release of P9.7 billion from the unprogrammed funds for public works and road repair whose original budget was slashed and included in the P60 billion in last-minute insertions in the 2024 national budget by some members of the House of Representatives.
Approved without thinking: P26.7-B ‘mysterious ayuda’
Another last-minute insertion in the 2024 national budget has been bared. The P26.7 billion was slipped in by the bicameral conference committee. Senators and representatives then ratified the bicam report. They are all thus answerable to the people for that hanky-panky.