Our uncanny politics
This time of the year between Christmas and New Year is a Dead Week of sorts, when homes are a bit quiet compared to the frantic schedule the whole year round; cities are less crowded and some families are out on vacation.
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Unavoidable
President Marcos issued Executive Order 50 maintaining lowered tariff rates for rice, pork and corn until the end of 2024. It was an unavoidable decision.
Marcos names 8 PNP camps after former police officers
MANILA, Philippines — Eight camps and real property donated to the Philippine National Police have been named and renamed after former PNP officers in honor of their exemplary service, Malacañang announced yesterday.
Yearender: COA exposes Dutertes’ predilection for confidential funds
MANILA, Philippines — In the middle part of 2023, Filipinos were shocked and furious upon hearing reports that Vice President Sara Duterte spent P125 million in confidential funds (CF) in just 11 days.
‘Poverty alleviation most hobbled by pandemic’
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.
500,000 MT rice arriving from India, Taiwan
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 500,000 metric tons of rice from Taiwan and India will arrive beginning this month until February 2024, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday.
Yearender: ICC rejects Philippines appeal to stop drug probe
MANILA, Philippines — Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have given the go-signal for the resumption of investigation into possible crimes against humanity committed in connection with the Duterte administration’s deadly campaign against illegal drugs and the so-called Davao death squad.
Sara to Seameo fellows: Sustain education efforts
VICE President Sara Duterte urged her fellow Southeast Asian education ministers to continue working on education recovery across the region and strengthen collaborative ties in the coming years.