House wants parallel investigation of Bamban mayor Alice Guo

Krixia Subingsubing 05/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines — House lawmakers are eyeing a parallel investigation of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, who is being investigated by the Senate over allegations she may be a Chinese asset who has infiltrated the government by…

House moves closer to Cha-cha goal after 6 hearings

Krixia Subingsubing 03/07/2024

The House of Representatives, meeting as a whole committee, took a significant step towards Charter change (Cha-cha) by approving Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH 7) on Wednesday. This step is similar to endorsing a committee…

Human rights group urges PH to stop red-tagging 

Krixia Subingsubing 01/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Before the controversial antiterror law takes effect on January 15, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is urging the Philippine government to stop the harmful practice of red-tagging leftist activists and critics. In their 2024 World Report,…

CHR: Marcos gov’t ‘open’ to human rights concerns

Krixia Subingsubing 12/25/2023

Although the human rights situation in the country is still far from ideal, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) expresses cautious optimism regarding the Marcos administration’s willingness to listen to and actively engage with the agency. During…

VP Sara Duterte: Secret funds’ critics ‘enemies of the people’

Dempsey Reyes, Krixia Subingsubing 10/06/2023

Amid the uproar over her use of confidential funds as former mayor of Davao City and as the second highest official in the country, Vice President Sara Duterte tried a familiar tack used by her father, former…

Younger Aquinos uphold ‘Lolo’s memory’ against the times

Krixia Subingsubing 08/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — For many people who had lived through the last years of the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the 1983 assassination of opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. had been their political awakening. But for…

ICC rejects PH appeal to stop drug war probe

Krixia Subingsubing 07/19/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted 3-2 on Tuesday to reject the Philippine government’s appeal to stop the ICC prosecutor’s investigation into the country’s drug war on the watch of…

Scientists: Homo sapiens were in SE Asia earlier than thought

Krixia Subingsubing 07/09/2023

Homo sapiens had reached Southeast Asia almost 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. That research finding challenges current textbook assumptions about early human migration and should provide a wider understanding of the origins of our species. This…

Napoles cleared in one pork barrel case but convicted in another

Krixia Subingsubing 05/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan cleared businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of 16 counts of graft in connection with the alleged anomalous use of Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s pork barrel fund, but convicted her on separate charges for…

‘Fight continues’ in barangay, midterm polls, say Robredo, Pangilinan

Krixia Subingsubing 05/11/2023

Taking lessons from their defeat last year, the country’s two most prominent opposition figures have vowed to continue the fight and regain lost ground in the upcoming barangay polls in October and the midterm elections in 2025.…

Bullet found in Kian’s neck after 5 years, 2 autopsies

Krixia Subingsubing 02/04/2023

One puzzle in the death of drug war victim Kian delos Santos may have been solved five years after he was murdered by Caloocan policemen in August 2017 with the recovery of a bullet in his body that had…

Where’s the president? ‘Not in Japan,’ says Palace

Jerome Aning, Krixia Subingsubing 10/31/2022

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “is not in Japan,” according to a terse statement from Malacañang on Sunday, as it dodged questions about his whereabouts amid the devastation of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name:…

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