Lack of counter-affidavits could delay case vs Carbon cops

Jessa Mae O. Sotto, Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/06/2018

  INVESTIGATORS from the National Bureau of Investigation should have taken the sworn statements of the three policemen now facing charges for the death of four-year-old Bladen Skyler Abatayo, says the Commission on Human Rights (CHR-7). CHR…

Arroyo’s counter-inflation expert: 6.4% August inflation ‘self-inflicted’

Inquirer.net 09/05/2018

THE country’s nine-year high 6.4 percent August inflation was “self-inflicted” largely because the government “did little or nothing.” This was the searing remark of Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda, House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s point-man on counter-inflation,…

Zarate files bill to counter TRAIN law

Inquirer.net 05/10/2018

BAYAN Muna Represen-tative Carlos Zarate filed House Bill 7653 on Thursday to counter the “anti-poor and anti-people” facets of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. “House Bill 7653 will repeal the anti-poor and anti-people…

Fact-checking to counter fake news

STEPHEN CAPILLAS 02/01/2018

Last Tuesday’s hearing held by the Senate committee on public information and mass media on fake news produced a rather startling question posed by the committee chairperson, Sen. Grace Poe. The senator was shown in a video…

US, Ph troops launch new counter-terror drills

AFP 10/02/2017

US and Philippine troops launched new joint counter-terrorism exercises on Monday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte, a fierce critic of Washington, reversed course in favor of pursuing one of Asia’s oldest military alliances. Duterte vowed last week…

Netizens urged: Use online tools to counter fake news

Morexette B. Erram 09/20/2017

How can ordinary folk tell the difference between fake news and factual news stories on social media? The answer lies in equipping people with the tools to filter and delouse fake news and search for reliable, established…

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